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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2003

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 2003 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5-315.  The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act
 5    is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 315/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 1605)
 7        Sec. 5.  Illinois Labor  Relations  Board;  State  Panel;
 8    Local Panel.
 9        (a)  There is created the Illinois Labor Relations Board.
10    The  Board shall be comprised of 2 panels, to be known as the
11    State Panel and the Local Panel.
12        (a-3)  The Governor, with the advice and consent  of  the
13    Senate,  shall  appoint  the  Chairman  of the Illinois Labor
14    Relations Board.  The Chairman shall be a member of and shall
15    preside over both of the panels of the Board.
16        To be eligible for appointment, a person must have had  a
17    minimum  of  5  years of experience directly related to labor
18    and employment relations in  representing  public  employers,
19    private  employers, or labor organizations; or teaching labor
20    or employment relations; or administering executive orders or
21    regulations applicable to labor or employment relations.   At
22    the  time  of his or her appointment, the Chairman must be an
 
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 1    Illinois resident.
 2        The initial appointment under this amendatory Act of  the
 3    93rd  General  Assembly shall be for a term ending on the 4th
 4    Monday in January, 2007.  Each subsequent Chairman  shall  be
 5    appointed for a term of 4 years, commencing on the 4th Monday
 6    in  January.   Upon  expiration of his or her term of office,
 7    the Chairman shall continue to serve until  a  successor  has
 8    been  appointed  and  has qualified.  In case of a vacancy, a
 9    successor shall be  appointed  to  serve  for  the  unexpired
10    portion  of the term.  If the Senate is not in session at the
11    time the initial appointment is made, the Governor shall make
12    a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy.
13        (a-5)  The  State  Panel  shall  have  jurisdiction  over
14    collective bargaining matters between employee  organizations
15    and  the State of Illinois, excluding the General Assembly of
16    the State of Illinois,  between  employee  organizations  and
17    units  of  local  government  and  school  districts  with  a
18    population  not  in  excess of 2 million persons, and between
19    employee  organizations  and  the   Regional   Transportation
20    Authority.
21        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
22    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
23    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
24    whichever occurs later, the State Panel shall  consist  of  5
25    members  appointed  by  the  Governor,  with  the  advice and
26    consent of the Senate.
27        The term of each appointed member of the State Panel  who
28    is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
29    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
30    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
31    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
32    whichever occurs later.
33        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
34    of  the  State  Panel  to  be  initially appointed under this
 
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 1    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been
 2    appointed by the Governor, whichever occurs later, the  State
 3    Panel  shall consist of 3 members: the Chairman of the Board,
 4    who shall also serve as Chairman of the State Panel;  plus  2
 5    additional  members appointed by the Governor with the advice
 6    and consent of the Senate.
 7        The Governor  shall  appoint  to  the  State  Panel  only
 8    persons  who  have  had  a  minimum  of 5 years of experience
 9    directly  related  to  labor  and  employment  relations   in
10    representing  public  employers,  private  employers or labor
11    organizations; or teaching labor or employment relations;  or
12    administering  executive  orders or regulations applicable to
13    labor or employment relations.  At the time  of  his  or  her
14    appointment,  each  member  of  the  State  Panel shall be an
15    Illinois resident.  The Governor shall designate  one  member
16    to serve as the Chairman of the State Panel and the Board.
17        The initial appointments under this amendatory Act of the
18    93rd  91st  General  Assembly  shall be for terms as follows:
19    The Chairman one member shall initially be  appointed  for  a
20    term  ending  on  the  4th  Monday  in January, 2006; 2001; 2
21    members shall be initially appointed for terms ending on  the
22    4th  Monday  in  January, 2002; one member shall be initially
23    appointed for a term ending on the  4th  Monday  in  January,
24    2003;  and one member shall be initially appointed for a term
25    ending on the 4th Monday in January, 2004.   Each  subsequent
26    member  shall  be appointed for a term of 4 years, commencing
27    on the 4th Monday in January.  Upon expiration of the term of
28    office of any appointive member, that member  shall  continue
29    to  serve until a successor shall be appointed and qualified.
30    In case of a vacancy, a successor shall be appointed to serve
31    for the unexpired portion of the term.  If the Senate is  not
32    in session at the time the initial appointments are made, the
33    Governor shall make temporary appointments in the same manner
34    successors  are  appointed  to  fill  vacancies.  A temporary
 
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 1    appointment shall remain in effect no longer than 20 calendar
 2    days after the commencement of the next Senate session.
 3        (b)  The  Local  Panel  shall  have   jurisdiction   over
 4    collective  bargaining  agreement  matters  between  employee
 5    organizations and units of local government with a population
 6    in  excess  of  2 million persons, but excluding the Regional
 7    Transportation Authority.
 8        Until July 1, 2003 or when the new Chairman of the  Board
 9    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
10    93rd General Assembly has been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
11    whichever  occurs later, the Local Panel shall consist of one
12    person appointed by the Governor with the advice and  consent
13    of  the  Senate  (or,  if  no  such  person is appointed, the
14    Chairman of the State Panel) and two additional members,  one
15    appointed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Chicago and one
16    appointed by the  President  of  the  Cook  County  Board  of
17    Commissioners.
18        The  term  of  the  member  of  the  Local  Panel who was
19    appointed by the Governor and is in office on June  30,  2003
20    shall terminate at the close of business on that date or when
21    the new Chairman of the Board to be initially appointed under
22    this  amendatory  Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly has been
23    appointed, whichever occurs later.
24        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when the new Chairman of the
25    Board to be initially appointed under this amendatory Act  of
26    the  93rd  General  Assembly  has  been  appointed, whichever
27    occurs later, the Local Panel shall consist of 3 members: the
28    Chairman of the Board, who shall also serve  as  Chairman  of
29    the  Local Panel; plus 2 additional members, one appointed by
30    the Mayor of the City of Chicago and  one  appointed  by  the
31    President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
32        Appointees  to the Local Panel must have had a minimum of
33    5  years  of  experience  directly  related  to   labor   and
34    employment   relations   in  representing  public  employers,
 
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 1    private employers or labor organizations; or  teaching  labor
 2    or employment relations; or administering executive orders or
 3    regulations  applicable  to  labor  or  employment relations.
 4    Each member of the Local Panel shall be an Illinois  resident
 5    at  the time of his or her appointment.  The member appointed
 6    by the Governor (or, if no  such  person  is  appointed,  the
 7    Chairman  of  the State Panel) shall serve as the Chairman of
 8    the Local Panel.
 9        The initial appointments under this amendatory Act of the
10    91st General Assembly shall be for  terms  as  follows:   The
11    member appointed by the Governor shall initially be appointed
12    for  a  term  ending  on the 4th Monday in January, 2001; the
13    member appointed by the President of the  Cook  County  Board
14    shall  be  initially  appointed  for a term ending on the 4th
15    Monday in January, 2003; and  the  member  appointed  by  the
16    Mayor of the City of Chicago shall be initially appointed for
17    a  term  ending  on  the  4th  Monday in January, 2004.  Each
18    subsequent member shall be appointed for a term of  4  years,
19    commencing  on the 4th Monday in January.  Upon expiration of
20    the term of office of any appointive member, the member shall
21    continue to serve until a successor shall  be  appointed  and
22    qualified.   In  the  case of a vacancy, a successor shall be
23    appointed by the applicable appointive authority to serve for
24    the unexpired portion of the term.
25        (c)  Until the State Panel is  reconstituted  under  this
26    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, three members of
27    the  State  Panel  shall  at all times constitute a quorum of
28    that  panel;  thereafter,  2  members  of  the  State   Panel
29    constitute  a quorum of that panel.  Two members of the Local
30    Panel shall at all times constitute a quorum of  that  Panel.
31    A  vacancy  on  a  panel  does  not  impair  the right of the
32    remaining members to exercise  all  of  the  powers  of  that
33    panel.   Each  panel shall adopt an official seal which shall
34    be judicially noticed.
 
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 1        The salary of the Chairman of the Board State Panel shall
 2    be $82,429 per year, or as set  by  the  Compensation  Review
 3    Board, whichever is greater, and that of the other members of
 4    the  State  and Local Panels shall be $74,188 per year, or as
 5    set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
 6        (d)  Each member shall devote  his  entire  time  to  the
 7    duties  of  the  office,  and  shall  hold no other office or
 8    position  of  profit,  nor  engage  in  any  other  business,
 9    employment, or vocation.  No  member  shall  hold  any  other
10    public  office  or  be  employed  as  a  labor  or management
11    representative by the State or any political  subdivision  of
12    the State or of any department or agency thereof, or actively
13    represent  or  act  on  behalf  of an employer or an employee
14    organization or an employer in labor relations matters.
15        Any member appointed by the Governor of the  State  Panel
16    may  be removed from office by the Governor for inefficiency,
17    neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance in office, and for
18    no other cause, and only upon notice and hearing.  Any member
19    of the  Local  Panel  may  be  removed  from  office  by  the
20    applicable  appointive authority for inefficiency, neglect of
21    duty, misconduct or malfeasance in office, and for  no  other
22    cause, and only upon notice and hearing.
23        (e)  Each  panel  at  the  end of every State fiscal year
24    shall make a report  in  writing  to  the  Governor  and  the
25    General  Assembly,  stating in detail the work it has done in
26    hearing and deciding cases and otherwise.
27        (f)  In order to accomplish the objectives and carry  out
28    the  duties prescribed by this Act, a panel or its authorized
29    designees may hold elections to  determine  whether  a  labor
30    organization  has majority status; investigate and attempt to
31    resolve or settle charges of  unfair  labor  practices;  hold
32    hearings  in  order  to  carry out its functions; develop and
33    effectuate  appropriate  impasse  resolution  procedures  for
34    purposes of resolving labor disputes; require the  appearance
 
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 1    of  witnesses  and  the  production of evidence on any matter
 2    under inquiry; and administer oaths  and  affirmations.   The
 3    panels shall sign and report in full an opinion in every case
 4    which they decide.
 5        (g)  The  Board  shall  appoint  and  employ an executive
 6    director.  The salary and duties of  the  executive  director
 7    shall be fixed by the Board.
 8        Each  panel  may appoint or employ an executive director,
 9    attorneys,   hearing   officers,   mediators,   fact-finders,
10    arbitrators,  and  such  other  employees  as  it  may   deem
11    necessary  to  perform  its  functions.  The governing boards
12    shall prescribe the duties and qualifications of such persons
13    appointed and, subject to the annual appropriation, fix their
14    compensation and provide  for  reimbursement  of  actual  and
15    necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of their
16    duties.
17        (h)  Each panel shall exercise general  supervision  over
18    all  attorneys  which  it  employs and over the other persons
19    employed to  provide  necessary  support  services  for  such
20    attorneys.   The panels shall have final authority in respect
21    to complaints brought pursuant to this Act.
22        (i)  The following rules and regulations shall be adopted
23    by the panels meeting in joint session: (1) procedural  rules
24    and regulations which shall govern all Board proceedings; (2)
25    procedures    for    election    of    exclusive   bargaining
26    representatives  pursuant  to  Section  9,  except  for   the
27    determination    of   appropriate   bargaining   units;   (3)
28    appointment of counsel pursuant to  subsection  (k)  of  this
29    Section.
30        (j)  Rules  and  regulations  may  be adopted, amended or
31    rescinded only upon a majority vote of 5 of  the  members  of
32    the  State  and  Local  Panels meeting in joint session.  The
33    adoption, amendment, or rescission of rules  and  regulations
34    shall  be in conformity with the requirements of the Illinois
 
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 1    Administrative Procedure Act.
 2        (k)  The panels in joint session shall  promulgate  rules
 3    and regulations providing for the appointment of attorneys or
 4    other  Board  representatives  to represent persons in unfair
 5    labor practice proceedings before a panel.   The  regulations
 6    governing   appointment   shall   require  the  applicant  to
 7    demonstrate an inability to pay for or inability to otherwise
 8    provide for adequate representation  before  a  panel.   Such
 9    rules  must  also  provide:  (1)  that an attorney may not be
10    appointed in cases which, in the  opinion  of  a  panel,  are
11    clearly  without  merit;  (2)  the  stage of the unfair labor
12    proceeding at which counsel will be appointed;  and  (3)  the
13    circumstances  under which a client will be allowed to select
14    counsel.
15        (l)  The panels in joint session may promulgate rules and
16    regulations which allow parties in proceedings before a panel
17    to be represented by counsel or any other  representative  of
18    the party's choice.
19        (m)  The Chairman of the Board State Panel shall serve as
20    Chairman of a joint session of the panels.
21        Attendance  of  at least 2 members of the State panel and
22    at least one member of each the Local panel, in  addition  to
23    the  Chairman,  shall constitute a quorum at a joint session.
24    The panels shall meet in joint session at least annually.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

26        Section 20-5.  The Civil Administrative Code of  Illinois
27    is  amended  by changing Sections 5-155, 5-300, 5-340, 5-380,
28    and 5-565 as follows:

29        (20 ILCS 5/5-155) (was 20 ILCS 5/5.04)
30        Sec. 5-155.  In the Office of Mines and Minerals  of  the
31    Department  of Natural Resources.  In the Office of Mines and
32    Minerals of the Department of Natural Resources, there  shall
 
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 1    be a State Mining Board., which
 2        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
 3    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
 4    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
 5    whichever occurs later, the State Mining Board shall  consist
 6    of 6 officers designated as mine officers and the Director of
 7    the Office of Mines and Minerals.
 8        The  term of each appointed member of the Board who is in
 9    office on June 30, 2003  shall  terminate  at  the  close  of
10    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
11    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
12    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
13    whichever occurs later.
14        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
15    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
16    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
17    whichever  occurs later, the State Mining Board shall consist
18    of 6 officers designated  as  mine  officers;  2  members  at
19    large;  and the Director of the Office of Mines and Minerals,
20    who shall serve as chairman.
21        Three mine  officers  shall  be  representatives  of  the
22    employing  class  and  3  of  the employee class.  The 6 mine
23    officers shall be qualified as follows:
24             (1)  Two mine  officers  from  the  employing  class
25        shall  have  at least 4 years experience in a supervisory
26        capacity in an underground coal mine and each shall  hold
27        a  certificate  of  competency as a mine examiner or mine
28        manager.
29             (2)  The third mine officer from the employing class
30        shall have at least 4 years experience in  a  supervisory
31        capacity in a surface coal mine.
32             (3)  Two mine officers from the employee class shall
33        have  4  years experience in an underground coal mine and
34        shall hold a first class certificate of competency.
 
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 1             (4)  The third mine officer from the employee  class
 2        shall  have at least 4 years experience in a surface coal
 3        mine.
 4    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

 5        (20 ILCS 5/5-300) (was 20 ILCS 5/9)
 6        Sec. 5-300. Officers' qualifications and salaries.
 7        (a)  The executive  and  administrative  officers,  whose
 8    offices are created by this Act, must have the qualifications
 9    prescribed  by law and shall receive annual salaries, payable
10    in equal monthly installments, as designated in the  Sections
11    following  this  Section and preceding Section 5-500.  If set
12    by the Governor, those annual salaries may not exceed 85%  of
13    the Governor's annual salary.
14        (b)  Any executive or administrative officer whose office
15    is  created by this Act may voluntarily refuse (i) all or any
16    payment of the salary or other compensation prescribed by law
17    for  that  office,  (ii)  any  increase  in  that  salary  or
18    compensation  that  is  authorized  by  law,  or  (iii)   any
19    reimbursement  for expenses to which he or she is entitled by
20    law.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
22    eff. 6-28-01.)

23        (20 ILCS 5/5-340) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.30)
24        Sec. 5-340. In the  Department  of  Employment  Security.
25    The  Director  of Employment Security shall receive an annual
26    salary of as set by the Governor from  time  to  time  or  an
27    amount  set  by  the  Compensation Review Board, whichever is
28    greater.
29        Each member of the  Board  of  Review  whose  term  began
30    before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
31    General Assembly shall receive $15,000.
32        A member of the Board of Review whose term begins  on  or
 
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 1    after  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
 2    General Assembly shall receive no compensation for service on
 3    the Board of Review,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for  expenses
 4    incurred  in  the  course  of  that service.  A member of the
 5    Board who experiences a significant financial hardship due to
 6    the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings or while
 7    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
 8    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
 9    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
11    eff. 6-28-01.)

12        (20 ILCS 5/5-380) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.04)
13        Sec. 5-380. In the Office of Mines and  Minerals  of  the
14    Department  of  Natural  Resources.   Each mine officer whose
15    term began before the effective date of this  amendatory  Act
16    of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  shall receive $7,500 or the
17    amount set by the Compensation  Review  Board,  whichever  is
18    greater.
19        A  mine  officer  or  member at large of the State Mining
20    Board who is appointed to a term that begins on or after  the
21    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
22    Assembly shall receive $10,962 or, beginning  July  1,  2004,
23    the amount set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
24    greater.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

26        (20 ILCS 5/5-565) (was 20 ILCS 5/6.06)
27        Sec. 5-565.  In the Department of Public Health.
28        (a)  The  General  Assembly  declares it to be the public
29    policy of this  State  that  all  citizens  of  Illinois  are
30    entitled  to  lead healthy lives.  Governmental public health
31    has a specific responsibility to ensure that a system  is  in
32    place  to allow the public health mission to be achieved.  To
 
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 1    develop a  system  requires  certain  core  functions  to  be
 2    performed  by  government.   The  State Board of Health is to
 3    assume the  leadership  role  in  advising  the  Director  in
 4    meeting the following functions:
 5             (1)  Needs assessment.
 6             (2)  Statewide health objectives.
 7             (3)  Policy development.
 8             (4)  Assurance of access to necessary services.
 9        There  shall  be  a  State Board of Health composed of 17
10    persons, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with
11    the advice and consent of the Senate for those  appointed  by
12    the  Governor  on  and  after  June 30, 1998, and one of whom
13    shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over. Five members  shall
14    be  physicians  licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all its
15    branches, one representing a medical school faculty, one  who
16    is  board  certified  in  preventive  medicine, and 2 who are
17    engaged in private practice.  One member shall be a  dentist;
18    one  an environmental health practitioner; one a local public
19    health administrator; one a local board of health member; one
20    a registered nurse; one a veterinarian; one a  public  health
21    academician; one a health care industry representative; and 4
22    shall be citizens at large.
23        In  the  appointment of the first Board of Health members
24    appointed after September 19, 1991  (the  effective  date  of
25    Public  Act  87-633), the Governor shall appoint 5 members to
26    serve for terms of 5 years; 5 members to serve for terms of 2
27    years; and 5 members to serve for a term of one year. Members
28    appointed thereafter shall be appointed for terms of 3 years,
29    except that when an appointment is made to  fill  a  vacancy,
30    the  appointment  shall  be  for  the  remaining  term of the
31    position vacated.  The initial terms  for  the  2  additional
32    members  of  the  board  who  are citizens at large appointed
33    under Public Act 90-607 shall be for 3 years each, with these
34    positions thereafter  being  filled  as  with  other  members
 
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 1    appointed  by  the  Governor.  All  members  shall  be  legal
 2    residents  of the State of Illinois.  The duties of the Board
 3    shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
 4             (1)  To advise the Department of ways  to  encourage
 5        public  understanding  and  support  of  the Department's
 6        programs.
 7             (2)  To evaluate all boards,  councils,  committees,
 8        authorities,  and  bodies  advisory to, or an adjunct of,
 9        the Department of Public Health or its Director  for  the
10        purpose  of  recommending  to the Director one or more of
11        the following:
12                  (i)  The elimination of bodies whose activities
13             are not consistent with goals and objectives of  the
14             Department.
15                  (ii)  The   consolidation   of   bodies   whose
16             activities    encompass    compatible   programmatic
17             subjects.
18                  (iii)  The restructuring  of  the  relationship
19             between  the  various  bodies  and their integration
20             within   the   organizational   structure   of   the
21             Department.
22                  (iv)  The establishment of  new  bodies  deemed
23             essential to the functioning of the Department.
24             (3)  To  serve  as an advisory group to the Director
25        for public  health  emergencies  and  control  of  health
26        hazards.
27             (4)  To  advise the Director regarding public health
28        policy,  and  to  make  health   policy   recommendations
29        regarding   priorities   to   the  Governor  through  the
30        Director.
31             (5)  To present public health issues to the Director
32        and to make recommendations for the resolution  of  those
33        issues.
34             (6)  To recommend studies to delineate public health
 
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 1        problems.
 2             (7)  To make recommendations to the Governor through
 3        the  Director  regarding the coordination of State public
 4        health activities  with  other  State  and  local  public
 5        health agencies and organizations.
 6             (8)  To  report on or before February 1 of each year
 7        on the  health  of  the  residents  of  Illinois  to  the
 8        Governor, the General Assembly, and the public.
 9             (9)  To  review  the  final  draft  of  all proposed
10        administrative rules, other than emergency or  preemptory
11        rules  and  those  rules  that another advisory body must
12        approve or  review  within  a  statutorily  defined  time
13        period,  of  the Department after September 19, 1991 (the
14        effective date of Public Act 87-633).   The  Board  shall
15        review the proposed rules within 90 days of submission by
16        the   Department.    The   Department   shall  take  into
17        consideration any comments  and  recommendations  of  the
18        Board regarding the proposed rules prior to submission to
19        the  Secretary  of State for initial publication.  If the
20        Department disagrees  with  the  recommendations  of  the
21        Board,  it  shall submit a written response outlining the
22        reasons for not accepting the recommendations.
23             In the case  of  proposed  administrative  rules  or
24        amendments to administrative rules regarding immunization
25        of  children  against  preventable  communicable diseases
26        designated by the Director under the Communicable Disease
27        Prevention Act, after the Immunization Advisory Committee
28        has made its recommendations, the Board shall  conduct  3
29        public  hearings,  geographically  distributed throughout
30        the State. At the conclusion of the hearings,  the  State
31        Board  of  Health  shall  issue  a  report, including its
32        recommendations, to the Director.    The  Director  shall
33        take  into  consideration any comments or recommendations
34        made by the Board based on these hearings.
 
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 1             (10)  To  make  recommendations  to   the   Governor
 2        through  the  Director  concerning  the  development  and
 3        periodic   updating   of   Statewide   health  objectives
 4        encompassing, in part, the periodically published federal
 5        health objectives for the nation, which will provide  the
 6        basis  for  the policy development and assurance roles of
 7        the State Health Department, and to make  recommendations
 8        to   the   Governor   through   the   Director  regarding
 9        legislation  and  funding  necessary  to  implement   the
10        objectives.
11             (11)  Upon the request of the Governor, to recommend
12        to  the Governor candidates for Director of Public Health
13        when vacancies occur in the position.
14             (12)  To adopt bylaws for the  conduct  of  its  own
15        business,  including  the  authority  to establish ad hoc
16        committees to address  specific  public  health  programs
17        requiring resolution.
18        Upon  appointment,  the  Board  shall elect a chairperson
19    from among its members.
20        Members  of  the  Board  whose  terms  began  before  the
21    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
22    Assembly shall receive compensation for their services at the
23    rate  of  $150  per  day,  not to exceed $10,000 per year, as
24    designated  by  the  Director  for  each  day  required   for
25    transacting the business of the Board and shall be reimbursed
26    for  necessary  expenses incurred in the performance of their
27    duties.
28        Members of the Board appointed to terms that begin on  or
29    after  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
30    General Assembly shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their
31    service,  but  may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
32    course  of  that  service.    A  member  of  the  Board   who
33    experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the loss
34    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
 
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 1    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
 2    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
 3    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
 4        The Board shall meet from time to time at the call of the
 5    Department, at the call  of  the  chairperson,  or  upon  the
 6    request  of  3 of its members, but shall not meet less than 4
 7    times per year.
 8        (b)  (Blank).
 9        (c)  An Advisory Board on Necropsy Service  to  Coroners,
10    which  shall  counsel  and  advise  with  the Director on the
11    administration of the Autopsy Act. The Advisory  Board  shall
12    consist  of  11 members, including a senior citizen age 60 or
13    over, appointed  by  the  Governor,  one  of  whom  shall  be
14    designated  as  chairman  by a majority of the members of the
15    Board. In the appointment of the  first  Board  the  Governor
16    shall  appoint  3 members to serve for terms of 1 year, 3 for
17    terms of 2 years, and 3 for terms of  3  years.  The  members
18    first  appointed  under  Public Act 83-1538 shall serve for a
19    term of 3 years.  All members appointed thereafter  shall  be
20    appointed   for  terms  of  3  years,  except  that  when  an
21    appointment is made to fill a vacancy, the appointment  shall
22    be for the remaining term of the position vacant. The members
23    of  the  Board shall be citizens of the State of Illinois. In
24    the appointment of members of the Advisory Board the Governor
25    shall appoint 3 members who  shall  be  persons  licensed  to
26    practice  medicine  and  surgery in the State of Illinois, at
27    least 2 of whom shall have received post-graduate training in
28    the field of  pathology;  3  members  who  are  duly  elected
29    coroners in this State; and 5 members who shall have interest
30    and abilities in the field of forensic medicine but who shall
31    be  neither  persons  licensed  to  practice  any  branch  of
32    medicine  in  this  State nor coroners. In the appointment of
33    medical and coroner members of the Board, the Governor  shall
34    invite  nominations  from  recognized  medical  and  coroners
 
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 1    organizations  in  this  State  respectively.  Board members,
 2    while serving on business of the Board, shall receive  actual
 3    necessary  travel  and  subsistence expenses while so serving
 4    away from their places of residence.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-607,  eff.  6-30-98;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
 6    91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

 7        Section    20-415   The  Personnel  Code  is  amended  by
 8    changing Sections 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, and 10 as follows:

 9        (20 ILCS 415/7a) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b107a)
10        Sec. 7a. Civil Service Commission,  organization.   There
11    shall be a Civil Service Commission.
12        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
13    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
14    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
15    whichever occurs later, the Commission  shall  consist  of  5
16    members.
17        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
18    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
19    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
20    whichever occurs later, the Commission  shall  consist  of  3
21    members.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

23        (20 ILCS 415/7b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b107b)
24        Sec.  7b.  Qualifications.  The members of the Commission
25    shall be persons in sympathy with the  application  of  merit
26    principles  to public employment.  Beginning with the members
27    appointed pursuant  to  this  amendatory  Act  of  the  93red
28    General  Assembly,  no  more  than 2 members 3 members of the
29    Commission may be adherents of the same political party.
30    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 415/7c) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b107c)
 2        Sec. 7c.  Appointment.
 3        (a)  Members of the Civil Service Commission in office at
 4    the time of the effective date of this Act shall continue  in
 5    office  until the expiration of the terms for which they were
 6    appointed.   Their  successors  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 7    Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for  terms
 8    ending  6  years from the date of expiration of the terms for
 9    which their predecessors were appointed, except that a person
10    appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration
11    of a 6  year  term  shall  be  similarly  appointed  for  the
12    remainder   of  the  unexpired  term.   Each  member  of  the
13    Commission shall hold office until his successor is appointed
14    and qualified.  The Governor shall appoint one of the members
15    to serve as chairman of the Commission at the pleasure of the
16    Governor.
17        (b)  Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
18    contrary, the term of office of each member of the Commission
19    who is in office on June 30,  2003  shall  terminate  at  the
20    close of business on that date or when all of the new members
21    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
22    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
23    whichever  occurs  later.  is abolished on the effective date
24    of this amendatory Act of  1985,  but  the  incumbents  shall
25    continue  to exercise all of the powers and be subject to all
26    of the duties  of  members  of  the  Commission  until  their
27    respective successors are appointed and qualified.
28        The  successors  to the members whose terms of office are
29    herein abolished shall be appointed by the Governor with  the
30    advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate  to  terms of office as
31    follows: one member shall be appointed to a term of office to
32    expire on March 1, 2005 1987; one member shall  be  appointed
33    to  a term of office to expire on March 1, 2007 1989; and one
34    member shall be appointed to a term of office  to  expire  on
 
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 1    March  1,  2009  1991.   The  2  additional members appointed
 2    pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 91st General  Assembly
 3    shall  each  be  appointed  to  a term of office to expire on
 4    March 1, 2005.  Each member  of  the  Commission  shall  hold
 5    office  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified.
 6    Following  the terms of office established in this paragraph,
 7    successors  shall  be  appointed  in  accordance   with   the
 8    provisions of the first paragraph of this Section.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

10        (20 ILCS 415/7d) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b107d)
11        Sec.  7d.   Compensation.   The chairman shall be paid an
12    annual salary of $8,200 from the  third  Monday  in  January,
13    1979  to  the  third Monday in January, 1980; $8,700 from the
14    third Monday in January, 1980 to the third Monday in January,
15    1981; $9,300 from the third Monday in January,  1981  to  the
16    third  Monday  in January 1982; $10,000 from the third Monday
17    in January, 1982 to the effective date of this amendatory Act
18    of the 91st General Assembly; and $25,000 thereafter,  or  as
19    set  by  the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
20    Other members of the Commission shall each be paid an  annual
21    salary  of  $5,500  from the third Monday in January, 1979 to
22    the third Monday in January,  1980;  $6,000  from  the  third
23    Monday in January, 1980 to the third Monday in January, 1981;
24    $6,500  from  the  third Monday in January, 1981 to the third
25    Monday in January, 1982; $7,500  from  the  third  Monday  in
26    January, 1982 to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
27    the  91st General Assembly; and $20,000 thereafter, or as set
28    by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
29        Members of the Commission shall receive an annual  salary
30    of  $20,660  for their service, and they shall be entitled to
31    reimbursement for  necessary  traveling  and  other  official
32    expenditures   necessitated   by   their   official   duties.
33    Beginning July 1, 2004, these salaries may be adjusted by the
 
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 1    Compensation Review Board.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

 3        (20 ILCS 415/7e) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b107e)
 4        Sec.  7e.  Chairman, meetings.  The Commission shall meet
 5    at such time and place as shall be specified by call  of  the
 6    chairman or the Director.  At least one meeting shall be held
 7    each month.  Notice of each meeting shall be given in writing
 8    to each member by the chairman at least three days in advance
 9    of the meeting.
10        Two  Three  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum for the
11    transaction of business.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

13        (20 ILCS 415/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b110)
14        Sec. 10.  Duties and powers of the Commission.  The Civil
15    Service Commission shall have duties and powers as follows:
16        (1)  Upon written recommendations by the Director of  the
17    Department  of  Central  Management  Services  to exempt from
18    jurisdiction B of this Act positions which, in  the  judgment
19    of  the  Commission,  involve either principal administrative
20    responsibility for the determination of policy  or  principal
21    administrative  responsibility  for the way in which policies
22    are  carried  out.  This  authority  may  not  be  exercised,
23    however, with respect to the position of  Assistant  Director
24    of Public Aid in the Department of Public Aid.
25        (2)  To require such special reports from the Director as
26    it may consider desirable.
27        (3)  To  disapprove  original  rules  or any part thereof
28    within 90 days and any amendment thereof within 30 days after
29    the submission of such rules to the Civil Service  Commission
30    by  the Director, and to disapprove any amendments thereto in
31    the same manner.
32        (4)  To approve or disapprove within 60 days from date of
 
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 1    submission the position classification plan  submitted by the
 2    Director as provided in the rules, and any revisions  thereof
 3    within 30 days from the date of submission.
 4        (5)  To  hear  appeals of employees who do not accept the
 5    allocation   of   their   positions   under   the    position
 6    classification plan.
 7        (6)  To  hear and determine written charges filed seeking
 8    the discharge, demotion of employees and suspension  totaling
 9    more  than thirty days in any 12-month period, as provided in
10    Section 11  hereof,  and  appeals  from  transfers  from  one
11    geographical  area in the State to another, and in connection
12    therewith to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and compel
13    the production of books and papers.
14        (7)  The fees of subpoenaed witnesses under this Act  for
15    attendance  and travel shall be the same as fees of witnesses
16    before the circuit courts of the State, such fees to be  paid
17    when   the   witness  is  excused  from  further  attendance.
18    Whenever a subpoena is issued the Commission may require that
19    the cost of service and the fee of the witness shall be borne
20    by the party at whose insistence  the  witness  is  summoned.
21    The Commission has the power, at its discretion, to require a
22    deposit  from  such  party  to  cover the cost of service and
23    witness fees and the payment of the  legal  witness  fee  and
24    mileage  to the witness served with the subpoena.  A subpoena
25    issued under this Act shall be served in the same manner as a
26    subpoena issued out of a court.
27        Upon the  failure  or  refusal  to  obey  a  subpoena,  a
28    petition  shall be prepared by the party serving the subpoena
29    for enforcement in the circuit court of the county  in  which
30    the  person  to whom the subpoena was directed either resides
31    or has his or her principal place of business.
32        Not less than five days before the petition is  filed  in
33    the appropriate court, it shall be served on the person along
34    with  a  notice  of  the time and place the petition is to be
 
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 1    presented.
 2        Following a hearing on the petition,  the  circuit  court
 3    shall  have jurisdiction to enforce subpoenas issued pursuant
 4    to this Section.
 5        On motion and for good cause  shown  the  Commission  may
 6    quash or modify any subpoena.
 7        (8)  To  make  an annual report regarding the work of the
 8    Commission to the  Governor,  such  report  to  be  a  public
 9    report.
10        (9)  If   any   violation  of  this  Act  is  found,  the
11    Commission shall direct compliance in writing.
12        (10)  To have appoint a  full-time  executive  secretary,
13    who  shall  be  appointed by the Governor, and to employ such
14    other employees, experts, and special assistants  as  may  be
15    necessary   to  carry  out  the  powers  and  duties  of  the
16    Commission under this Act.  The and employees,  experts,  and
17    special  assistants  so  appointed by the Commission shall be
18    subject to the provisions of jurisdictions A, B and C of this
19    Act.   These  powers  and  duties  supersede   any   contrary
20    provisions herein contained.
21        (11)  To  make  rules  to  carry  out and implement their
22    powers and duties under this Act,  with  authority  to  amend
23    such rules from time to time.
24        (12)  To  hear  or  conduct  investigations  as  it deems
25    necessary of appeals of layoff filed by  employees  appointed
26    under  Jurisdiction  B  after  examination provided that such
27    appeals are filed  within  15  calendar  days  following  the
28    effective  date of such layoff and are made on the basis that
29    the provisions of the Personnel Code or of the Rules  of  the
30    Department  of Central Management Services relating to layoff
31    have been violated or have not been complied with.
32        All hearings  shall  be  public.   A  decision  shall  be
33    rendered  within  60  days after receipt of the transcript of
34    the   proceedings.    The   Commission   shall   order    the
 
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 1    reinstatement  of  the  employee  if  it  is  proven that the
 2    provisions of the Personnel Code  or  of  the  Rules  of  the
 3    Department  of Central Management Services relating to layoff
 4    have been violated  or  have  not  been  complied  with.   In
 5    connection  therewith  the  Commission  may administer oaths,
 6    subpoena witnesses, and compel the production  of  books  and
 7    papers.
 8        (13)  Whenever the Civil Service Commission is authorized
 9    or  required  by  law  to  consider  some  aspect of criminal
10    history record information for the purpose  of  carrying  out
11    its statutory powers and responsibilities, then, upon request
12    and  payment  of fees in conformance with the requirements of
13    Section 2605-400 of the Department of State  Police  Law  (20
14    ILCS  2605/2605-400),  the  Department  of  State  Police  is
15    authorized  to  furnish, pursuant to positive identification,
16    such information contained in State files as is necessary  to
17    fulfill the request.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

19        Section  20-1605.  The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by
20    changing Section 6 as follows:

21        (20 ILCS 1605/6) (from Ch. 120, par. 1156)
22        Sec. 6.  There is hereby created an independent board  to
23    be  known  as  the  Lottery  Control  Board,  consisting of 5
24    members, all of whom shall be citizens of the  United  States
25    and  residents  of  this  State and shall be appointed by the
26    Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.  No  more
27    than  3  of  the  5  members  shall  be  members  of the same
28    political party. A chairman of  the  Board  shall  be  chosen
29    annually  from  the  membership of the Board by a majority of
30    the members of the Board at the first meeting  of  the  Board
31    each fiscal year.
32        Initial  members  shall  be appointed to the Board by the
 
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 1    Governor as follows: one member to serve until July 1,  1974,
 2    and until his successor is appointed and qualified; 2 members
 3    to  serve  until July 1, 1975, and until their successors are
 4    appointed and qualified; 2 members to  serve  until  July  1,
 5    1976, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
 6    As  terms  of  members  so appointed expire, their successors
 7    shall be appointed for terms to expire the first day in  July
 8    3  years thereafter, and until their successors are appointed
 9    and qualified.
10        Any vacancy in the Board occurring for any  reason  other
11    than  expiration  of  term, shall be filled for the unexpired
12    term in the same manner as the original appointment.
13        Any member of the Board may be removed  by  the  Governor
14    for neglect of duty, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance
15    in office.
16        Board  members  shall  receive  as compensation for their
17    services $100 for each day they  are  in  attendance  at  any
18    official board meeting, but in no event shall members receive
19    more  than  $1,200  per  year.   They  shall receive no other
20    compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed  for
21    necessary traveling and other reasonable expenses incurred in
22    the  performance  of  their official duties.  A member of the
23    Board who experiences a significant financial hardship due to
24    the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings or while
25    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
26    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
27    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
28        Each member shall make a full financial  disclosure  upon
29    appointment.
30        The Board shall hold at least one meeting each quarter of
31    the  fiscal year. In addition, special meetings may be called
32    by the Chairman, any 2 Board members, or the Director of  the
33    Department,  upon delivery of 72 hours' written notice to the
34    office of each member. All Board meetings shall  be  open  to
 
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 1    the public pursuant to the Open Meetings Act.
 2        Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and
 3    3  votes shall be required for any final determination by the
 4    Board. The Board shall keep a complete and accurate record of
 5    all its meetings.
 6    (Source: P.A. 84-1128.)

 7        Section  20-1805.   The  Military  Code  of  Illinois  is
 8    amended by changing Sections 14 and 15 as follows:

 9        (20 ILCS 1805/14) (from Ch. 129, par. 220.14)
10        Sec. 14. The  Commander-in-Chief,  with  the  advice  and
11    consent of the Senate, shall appoint from the active officers
12    of  the  Illinois  National  Guard, the Adjutant General, who
13    shall be Chief of Staff, with the  grade  of  Major  General.
14    The  appointment  of the Adjutant General shall be for a term
15    expiring on the 3rd Monday in  January,  1971,  and  in  each
16    odd-numbered year thereafter.
17    (Source: P.A. 76-931.)

18        (20 ILCS 1805/15) (from Ch. 129, par. 220.15)
19        Sec.  15.  The  Commander-in-Chief,  with  the advice and
20    consent of the Senate, shall appoint from the active officers
21    of the Illinois National Guard, an Assistant Adjutant General
22    for Army and an Assistant Adjutant General for Air, each with
23    the grade  of  Brigadier  General.   Each  of  the  Assistant
24    Adjutants  General  shall  be appointed for a term coinciding
25    with the term provided for the Adjutant  General  in  Section
26    14.
27    (Source: P.A. 80-176.)

28        Section  20-2610.   The  State  Police  Act is amended by
29    changing Sections 3, 5, and 6 as follows:
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 2610/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.3)
 2        Sec. 3. Merit Board.  The Governor shall appoint, by  and
 3    with  the  advice  and consent of the Senate, a Department of
 4    State Police  Merit  Board,  hereinafter  called  the  Board,
 5    consisting  of  5 members to hold office, one until the third
 6    Monday in March, 1951, one until the third Monday  in  March,
 7    1953,  and  one  until  the  third Monday in March, 1955, and
 8    until  their  respective   successors   are   appointed   and
 9    qualified.   One  of the members added by this amendatory Act
10    of 1977 shall serve a term expiring on the  third  Monday  in
11    March,  1980,  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and
12    qualified,  and  one shall serve a term expiring on the third
13    Monday in March, 1982, and until his successor  is  appointed
14    and  qualified.   The  Governor  shall  designate  one of the
15    members to serve as Chairman.
16        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,  the
17    term  of  each  member  of the Board who was appointed by the
18    Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
19    the close of business  on  that  date  or  when  all  of  the
20    successor members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory
21    Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly have been appointed by the
22    Governor, whichever occurs later.  As soon as  possible,  the
23    Governor  shall appoint persons to fill the vacancies created
24    by this amendatory Act.
25        Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first
26    appointed, their respective successors shall be appointed  to
27    hold  office  from  the  third Monday in March of the year of
28    their respective appointments for a term  of  six  years  and
29    until their successors are appointed and qualified for a like
30    term.   No  more  than  3  members  of  the  Board  shall  be
31    affiliated  with  the same political party.  If the Senate is
32    not in session at the  time  initial  appointments  are  made
33    pursuant  to  this Section, the Governor shall make temporary
34    appointments as in the case of a vacancy.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 87-284.)

 2        (20 ILCS 2610/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.5)
 3        Sec. 5.   Expenses.   Each  member  of  the  Board  shall
 4    receive  the sum of $125 per day for each day during which he
 5    is engaged in transacting the business of the  Board,  or  an
 6    amount  set  by  the  Compensation Review Board, whichever is
 7    greater, and, in addition thereto, his actual  traveling  and
 8    other expenses necessarily incurred in discharging the duties
 9    of his office; provided, no member of the Board shall receive
10    compensation for more than 100 days of work in any one fiscal
11    year.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)

13        (20 ILCS 2610/6) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.6)
14        Sec. 6.  Executive director; staff.  The Board shall have
15    an   Executive  Director,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the
16    Governor.  The salary and duties of  the  Executive  Director
17    shall be fixed by the Board.
18        The Board is authorized to employ such other clerical and
19    technical  staff assistants, not to exceed fifteen, as may be
20    necessary to enable the Board to transact its  business  and,
21    if the rate of compensation is not otherwise fixed by law, to
22    fix their compensation.
23    (Source: Laws 1949, p. 1357.)

24        Section  20-3105.   The  Capital Development Board Act is
25    amended by changing Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 as follows:

26        (20 ILCS 3105/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 775)
27        Sec. 5.  Board membership.
28        (a)  Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to
29    be initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the  93rd
30    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
 
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 1    whichever occurs later, the Board shall consist of 7 members,
 2    no more than 4 of whom may be of the  same  political  party,
 3    all  of  whom shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with
 4    the  consent  of  the  Senate,  and  one  of  whom  shall  be
 5    designated as chairman by the Governor.
 6        The term of each appointed member of the Board who is  in
 7    office  on  June  30,  2003  shall  terminate at the close of
 8    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
 9    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
10    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
11    whichever occurs later.
12        (b)  Beginning  on  July  1,  2003 or when all of the new
13    members to be initially appointed under this  amendatory  Act
14    of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been appointed by the
15    Governor, whichever occurs later, the Board shall consist  of
16    5  members,  no  more  than  3  of  whom  may  be of the same
17    political party, all  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  by  the
18    Governor,  by  and with the consent of the Senate, and one of
19    whom shall be designated as chairman by the Governor.
20        (c)  No person may be appointed as a member of the  Board
21    who is serving as an elected officer for the State or for any
22    unit of local government within the State.
23        (d)  If  the  Senate  is  not  in  session when the first
24    appointments are made,  the  Governor  shall  make  temporary
25    appointments  as  in  the  case  of a vacancy.  In making the
26    first appointments pursuant to this  amendatory  Act  of  the
27    93rd General Assembly, the Governor shall designate 2 members
28    to  serve  until January, 2007, one member 1974, 2 members to
29    serve until January, 2006, one  member  1975,  2  members  to
30    serve  until  January,  2005,  1976 and one 1 member to serve
31    until January, 2004  1977,  or  until  their  successors  are
32    appointed and qualified.  Their successors shall be appointed
33    to  serve  for  4  year terms expiring on the third Monday in
34    January  or  until  their  successors   are   appointed   and
 
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 1    qualified.
 2        Any  vacancy  occurring  on  the Board, whether by death,
 3    resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by  appointment  by
 4    the  Governor in the same manner as original appointments.  A
 5    member appointed to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  serve  for  the
 6    remainder  of  the  unexpired  term or until his successor is
 7    qualified.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-776.)

 9        (20 ILCS 3105/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 776)
10        Sec. 6. Expenses; oath; bond.
11        (a)  Members   of   the   Board   shall   serve   without
12    compensation but shall be  reimbursed  for  their  reasonable
13    expenses  necessarily  incurred  in  the performance of their
14    duties and the exercise of their powers under  this  Act.   A
15    member  of  the Board who experiences a significant financial
16    hardship due to the loss of income on days of  attendance  at
17    meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the
18    Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by  and
19    subject  to  the  approval  of  the Governor's Travel Control
20    Board.
21        (b)  Each member shall before entering upon the duties of
22    his office, take and subscribe  the  constitutional  oath  of
23    office and give bond in the penal sum of $100,000 conditioned
24    upon  the  faithful  performance of his duties.  The oath and
25    bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
26    (Source: P.A. 77-1995.)

27        (20 ILCS 3105/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 777)
28        Sec. 7.  Meetings; quorum.
29        (a)  The Board shall meet at such times and places as  is
30    provided  for  by  the  Board  or,  in  the absence of such a
31    provision, on call of the chairman after  at  least  5  day's
32    written  notice  to  the members and the request of 2 or more
 
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 1    members.
 2        (b)  If there is no vacancy on the Board,  4  members  of
 3    the  Board  shall  constitute  a quorum to transact business;
 4    otherwise, a majority of the Board shall constitute a  quorum
 5    to  transact  business, and no vacancy shall impair the right
 6    of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the
 7    Board.  Every action approved by a majority of the members of
 8    the Board shall be deemed to be the action of the Board. Four
 9    members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.   No  vacancy  in  the
10    membership shall impair the right of a quorum of the  members
11    to  exercise all of the rights and powers, and to perform all
12    of the duties, of the Board.
13    (Source: P.A. 77-1995.)

14        (20 ILCS 3105/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 778)
15        Sec. 8. Executive Director; employees.
16        (a)  The Board shall  have  an  Executive  Director,  who
17    shall be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties of
18    the  Executive  Director  shall  be  fixed by the Board.  The
19    Executive Director shall serve as the chief executive officer
20    of the Board.
21        (b)  The Board may employ and fix the compensation of  an
22    executive  director,  to serve as the chief executive officer
23    of the Board, and  such  other  agents  or  employees  as  it
24    considers necessary or desirable.  Such employment other than
25    of technical or engineering personnel shall be subject to the
26    Personnel  Code.   If  any  employees  are transferred to the
27    Board from any other State agency, such a transfer shall  not
28    affect the status of such employees under the Personnel Code,
29    under  any retirement system under the Illinois Pension Code,
30    or under any  civil  service,  merit  service  or  other  law
31    relating to State employment.
32    (Source: P.A. 77-1995.)
 
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 1        Section 20-3405.  The Historic Preservation Agency Act is
 2    amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:

 3        (20 ILCS 3405/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 2703)
 4        Sec. 3. Agency; expenses; quorum; director.
 5        (a)  There  is hereby created within the Executive Branch
 6    of State government the Historic Preservation Agency.
 7        (b)  The Agency shall be under the direction of  a  Board
 8    of Trustees.
 9        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
10    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
11    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
12    whichever occurs later, the Board, which shall be composed of
13    7 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the  consent
14    of  the Senate.  No more than 4 members of the Board shall be
15    of the same political party.
16        The term of each appointed member of the Board who is  in
17    office  on  June  30,  2003  shall  terminate at the close of
18    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
19    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
20    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
21    whichever occurs later.
22        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
23    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
24    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
25    whichever occurs later, the Board  shall  be  composed  of  7
26    members appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of
27    the  Senate.  No more than 4 members of the Board shall be of
28    the same political party.
29        The Governor shall designate one member of the  Board  to
30    serve as Chairman.
31        In  making the initial appointments to the Board pursuant
32    to after the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  the
33    93rd  General  Assembly,  the  Governor shall designate three
 
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 1    members, all of whom shall have been members of the Board  of
 2    Trustees  of  the  Illinois State Historical Library on March
 3    28, 1985, to serve until the third Monday  in  January,  2005
 4    and  1986,  or  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
 5    qualified  and  4  two members to serve until the third first
 6    Monday in January, 2004 and 1987, or until  their  successors
 7    are   appointed   and  qualified.    In  making  the  initial
 8    appointments of the additional members of the Board  required
 9    by  this amendatory Act of 1990, the Governor shall designate
10    1 member to serve until the third Monday in January, 1991 and
11    1 member to serve until the third  Monday  in  January  1992.
12    Thereafter,  their successors shall be appointed to serve for
13    two year terms expiring on the third Monday  in  January  and
14    until their successors are appointed and qualified.
15        (c)  The   members   of   the   Board  shall  receive  no
16    compensation for their  services,  except  for  their  actual
17    expenses  while in the discharge of their official duties.  A
18    member of the Board who experiences a  significant  financial
19    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
20    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
21    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
22    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
23    Board.
24        (d)  If  there  is  no vacancy on the Board, 4 members of
25    the Board shall constitute a  quorum  to  transact  business;
26    otherwise,  a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum
27    to transact business, and no vacancy shall impair  the  right
28    of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the
29    Board.  Every action approved by a majority of the members of
30    the Board shall be deemed to be the action of the Board. Four
31    members of the Board shall constitute a quorum to do business
32    and  the concurrence of at least 4 members shall be necessary
33    for a decision.
34        (e)  The Board shall employ and fix the  compensation  of
 
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 1    the  Director  and  such  other  agents  or  employees  as it
 2    considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
 3    (Source: P.A. 86-1336.)

 4        (20 ILCS 3405/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2704)
 5        Sec. 4. Policy;  divisions;  director;  librarian.    The
 6    Board shall be responsible for setting and determining policy
 7    for the Agency.
 8        The  Agency  shall  consist  of:  (1)  an Abraham Lincoln
 9    Presidential Library and Museum and (2) a Historic Sites  and
10    Preservation  Division.  Except as otherwise provided in this
11    Act,  any  reference  in  any  other  Act  to  the   Historic
12    Preservation  Agency shall be deemed to be a reference to the
13    Historic Sites and Preservation Division and any reference to
14    the Director of Historic Preservation shall be deemed to be a
15    reference to the Director of Historic Sites and Preservation,
16    unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
17        The  Governor  Board  shall  appoint  a  chief  executive
18    officer of the Agency, who shall be known as the Director  of
19    Historic Sites and Preservation.  The Director shall serve at
20    the  pleasure  of  the  Governor  Board.  The Director shall,
21    subject to applicable provisions of law, execute  the  powers
22    and  discharge  the  duties  vested in the Historic Sites and
23    Preservation Division of the Agency by law and implement  the
24    policies  set  by  the  Board.  The Director shall manage the
25    Historic Sites and Preservation Division of the Agency.
26        The Director, with the concurrence of  the  Board,  shall
27    appoint  Division  Chiefs  and  the  Deputy  Director  of the
28    Historic Sites  and  Preservation  Division  of  the  Agency.
29    Subject  to  concurrence  by  the  Board,  the Director shall
30    appoint such  other  employees  of  the  Historic  Sites  and
31    Preservation  Division  of  the  Agency  as  he  or she deems
32    appropriate and shall fix the compensation of  such  Division
33    Chiefs, the Deputy Director and other employees.
 
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 1        The Board shall appoint the Illinois State Historian, who
 2    shall  provide  historical expertise, support, and service to
 3    all divisions of the Historic Preservation Agency.  The State
 4    Historian is the State's authority on Abraham Lincoln and the
 5    history of Illinois.
 6    (Source: P.A. 92-600, eff. 7-1-02.)

 7        Section  20-3505.   The  Illinois   Development   Finance
 8    Authority Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

 9        (20 ILCS 3505/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 850.04)
10        Sec. 4.  There is hereby created a political subdivision,
11    body  politic and corporate by the name and style of Illinois
12    Development Finance Authority.  The exercise by the Authority
13    of the powers conferred by law shall be an  essential  public
14    function.
15        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
16    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
17    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
18    whichever occurs later, the governing powers of the Authority
19    shall be vested in a body consisting of 17 members including,
20    as ex officio members, the Director of Labor and the Director
21    of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs or  their
22    designees.   The  other  15 members of the Authority shall be
23    appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of  the
24    Senate and shall be designated "public members".
25        The term of each appointed member of the Authority who is
26    in  office  on  June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
27    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
28    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
29    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
30    whichever occurs later.
31        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
32    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
 
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 1    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
 2    whichever occurs later, the governing powers of the Authority
 3    shall be vested in a body consisting of 11 members including,
 4    as ex officio members, the Director of Labor and the Director
 5    of Commerce and Community Affairs or  their  designees.   The
 6    other  9  members  of the Authority shall be appointed by the
 7    Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and  shall
 8    be designated "public members".
 9        Six  Nine  members  shall  constitute a quorum.  However,
10    when a quorum of  members  of  the  Authority  is  physically
11    present  at  the  meeting  site,  other Authority members may
12    participate in and act at any meeting through the  use  of  a
13    conference  telephone  or  other  communications equipment by
14    means of which all persons participating in the  meeting  can
15    hear   each  other.   Participation  in  such  meeting  shall
16    constitute attendance and presence in person at  the  meeting
17    of the person or persons so participating.
18        Not more than 5 public members 9 members of the Authority
19    may be of the same political party.
20        The  Governor  shall  appoint  one  of the members of the
21    Authority  to  serve  as  chairman.   The  Chairman  of   the
22    Authority  shall  be  elected by the Authority from among its
23    public members, all of whom
24        The public members of the Authority shall be  persons  of
25    recognized  ability  and  experience  in  one  or more of the
26    following  areas:  economic  development,  finance,  banking,
27    industrial  development,  small  business  management,   real
28    estate  development,  community development, venture finance,
29    construction, and  labor  relations.   At  least  one  public
30    member   shall  be  a  representative  of  the  interests  of
31    organized labor.
32        The terms of all members of the Authority holding  office
33    on  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, other
34    than the ex officio members, shall expire 90 days after  that
 
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 1    date,  and  the  Governor  shall appoint 10 new members whose
 2    terms shall commence the day following such expiration  date.
 3    Of  the  members initially appointed by the Governor pursuant
 4    to this amendatory Act of 1983, 5 shall serve until the third
 5    Monday in January, 1985 and 5 shall  serve  until  the  third
 6    Monday  in  January,  1987,  and  until  their successors are
 7    appointed and qualified.   The  members  initially  appointed
 8    under this amendatory Act of 1985 shall serve until the third
 9    Monday  in  January  1989.   The  members initially appointed
10    under this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly  shall
11    serve  until  the  3rd  Monday  in January 2004.  Each member
12    appointed under this paragraph who is confirmed by the Senate
13    shall hold office during the specified  time  and  until  his
14    successor shall be appointed and qualified.
15        Of the public members initially appointed by the Governor
16    pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
17    5  shall  serve until the third Monday in January, 2007 and 4
18    shall serve until the third  Monday  in  January,  2005,  and
19    until  their  successors  are  appointed  and qualified.  All
20    successors shall hold office for a term of 4 years commencing
21    the third Monday in January of the year in which  their  term
22    commences,  except  in  case  of  an  appointment  to  fill a
23    vacancy.  In case of vacancy in the office when the Senate is
24    not in session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment
25    until the next meeting of the Senate when he  shall  nominate
26    such  person to fill such office, and any person so nominated
27    who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his office  during
28    the  remainder  of  the term and until his successor shall be
29    appointed and qualified.  If the Senate is not in session  at
30    the time the amendatory Acts of 1983 and 1985 and of the 91st
31    General Assembly take effect, the Governor may make temporary
32    appointments  of  the  new  public  members as in the case of
33    vacancies.
34        Members  of  the  Authority  shall  not  be  entitled  to
 
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 1    compensation for their services  as  members,  but  shall  be
 2    entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses incurred
 3    in  connection  with  the  performance  of  their  duties  as
 4    members.  A member of the Board who experiences a significant
 5    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
 6    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
 7    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
 8    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
 9    Travel Control Board.
10        The  Governor  may  remove  any  public  member  of   the
11    Authority  in  case  of  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty, or
12    malfeasance in office, after service on him of a copy of  the
13    written charges against him and an opportunity to be publicly
14    heard  in  person  or  by counsel in his own defense upon not
15    less than 10 days notice.
16        The Governor members of the Authority  shall  appoint  an
17    Executive  Director,  who  shall be a person knowledgeable in
18    the areas  of  financial  markets  and  instruments  and  the
19    financing  of business enterprises, to hold office during the
20    pleasure of the Governor  members.   The  Executive  Director
21    shall  be the chief administrative and operational officer of
22    the  Authority   and   shall   direct   and   supervise   its
23    administrative  affairs  and  general  management and perform
24    such other duties as may be prescribed from time to  time  by
25    the  members  and  shall  receive  compensation  fixed by the
26    Authority.  The Executive Director or any  committee  of  the
27    members may carry out such responsibilities of the members as
28    the  members  by  resolution  may  delegate.    The Executive
29    Director shall attend all meetings of the Authority; however,
30    no action of the Authority shall be invalid on account of the
31    absence of the Executive Director from a meeting.
32        The Authority may  engage  the  services  of  such  other
33    agents   and   employees,  including  attorneys,  appraisers,
34    engineers,   accountants,   credit   analysts    and    other
 
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 1    consultants, as it may deem advisable and may prescribe their
 2    duties and fix their compensation.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

 4        Section  20-3605.   The  Illinois Farm Development Act is
 5    amended by changing Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 3605/4) (from Ch. 5, par. 1204)
 7        Sec. 4. Authority created; appointments.  There is hereby
 8    created a body politic and  corporate  to  be  known  as  the
 9    Illinois Farm Development Authority.
10        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
11    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
12    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
13    whichever occurs later, the  Board  of  the  Authority  shall
14    consist  of  7 members. The Board shall consist of 7 members,
15    no more than 4 of whom may be of the  same  political  party,
16    all  of  whom shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with
17    the consent of the Senate.
18        The term of each appointed member of the Board who is  in
19    office  on  June  30,  2003  shall  terminate at the close of
20    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
21    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
22    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
23    whichever occurs later.
24        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
25    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
26    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
27    whichever occurs later, the  Board  of  the  Authority  shall
28    consist  of  5  members, no more than 3 of whom may be of the
29    same political party, all of whom shall be appointed  by  the
30    Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate.
31        No  person  may be appointed as a member of the Board who
32    is serving as an elected officer for the  State  or  for  any
 
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 1    unit of local government or school district within the State.
 2    All  members  shall  be  residents of the State, and shall be
 3    knowledgeable in the fields of finance and/or agriculture.
 4        If  the  Senate  is  not  in  session  when   the   first
 5    appointments  are  made,  the  Governor  shall make temporary
 6    appointments as in the case of a  vacancy.    In  making  the
 7    first  appointments  pursuant  to  this amendatory Act of the
 8    93rd General Assembly, the Governor shall designate 2 members
 9    to serve until the third Monday  in  January,  2007  1982,  2
10    members to serve until the third Monday in January, 2006, and
11    one 1983, 2 members to serve until January, 1984 and 1 member
12    to  serve  until the third Monday in January, 2005, and 1985,
13    or until their successors are appointed and qualified.  Their
14    successors shall be appointed  to  serve  for  4  year  terms
15    expiring  on  the  third  Monday  in  January  or until their
16    successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.     Any   vacancy
17    occurring  in  the  Board  whether  by  death, resignation or
18    otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor  in
19    the same manner as original appointments.  A member appointed
20    to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  serve  for  the remainder of the
21    unexpired term or until his successor is qualified.
22    (Source: P.A. 82-518.)

23        (20 ILCS 3605/5) (from Ch. 5, par. 1205)
24        Sec.  5.  Officers;  reports;  initial  expenses.     The
25    Governor  shall  appoint  one  of the members of the Board to
26    serve as chairman, who shall preside  over  meetings  of  the
27    Board.   The Board shall annually elect, from its membership,
28    a chairman, vice-chairman, a treasurer, and a secretary.  The
29    secretary shall be the keeper of the minutes, books, records,
30    files and seal of  the  Authority.    The  treasurer  of  the
31    Authority  shall  be  custodian  of  all Authority funds, and
32    shall be bonded in such amount as the other  members  of  the
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 1        The  accounts  and books of the Authority shall be set up
 2    and maintained in a manner approved by the  Auditor  General,
 3    and  the  Authority  shall  file  with  the Auditor General a
 4    certified annual report within 120 days after  the  close  of
 5    its  fiscal  year.   The  Authority  shall also file with the
 6    State Treasurer, the Secretary of the Senate,  the  Clerk  of
 7    the  House  of  Representatives and the Illinois Economic and
 8    Fiscal Commission, by March 1 of each year, a written  report
 9    covering  its  activities for the previous calendar year and,
10    when so filed, such report shall be a public record and  open
11    for  inspection at the offices of the Authority during normal
12    business hours.  The report shall include a complete list  of
13    (a)  all  applications for mortgage loans and other financial
14    assistance presented to the Authority  during  such  calendar
15    year,  (b)  all  persons  which  have  received  any  form of
16    financial assistance from the Authority during such  calendar
17    year,  (c)  the  nature  and  amount  of  all  such financial
18    assistance, and (d) projected activities of the Authority for
19    the next calendar year, including a projection of  the  total
20    amount  of  mortgage  loans  and  other  financial assistance
21    anticipated  and  the  amount  of  revenue  bonds  or   other
22    evidences  of  indebtedness that will be necessary to provide
23    the projected level of assistance during  the  next  calendar
24    year.
25        As  soon  as  may  be  practicable  after creation of the
26    Authority, the Board shall hold a meeting  at  which  meeting
27    elective  officers  of  the  Board  shall be elected, by-laws
28    adopted, and a schedule of regular meetings adopted.
29        The by-laws and schedule may be amended from time to time
30    at the will of the Board.  Special meetings of the Board  may
31    be  called  by the chairmen or any two members, and notice of
32    special meetings shall be given to members of  the  Board  as
33    provided  in  the  by-laws  and otherwise as provided by law.
34    Members may waive notice and do so without further action  by
 
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 1    being present at any meeting.  Meetings of the Board shall be
 2    subject  to  the  acts  of  the General Assembly as generally
 3    provide for meetings of public  bodies  to  be  open  to  the
 4    public.
 5        Initial  operating  staff  and  expenses of the Authority
 6    shall be provided by the State Treasurer from  appropriations
 7    lawfully  made  by  the  General Assembly.  As soon as may be
 8    practicable, the Board shall provide  for  its  expenses  and
 9    payment  of  employees,  including  salaries  and contractual
10    agreements, from its operations by such charges and  fees  or
11    from  the  proceeds   of  Bonds  as  it  may  decide  or from
12    investment earnings from special funds which the Authority is
13    empowered to use and at  such  time,  if  practicable,  shall
14    reimburse the State Treasurer for prior costs and payments.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)

16        (20 ILCS 3605/6) (from Ch. 5, par. 1206)
17        Sec. 6. Quorum; expenses.
18        (a)  If  there  is  no vacancy on the Board, 4 members of
19    the Board shall constitute a  quorum  to  transact  business;
20    otherwise,  a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum
21    to transact business, and no vacancy shall impair  the  right
22    of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the
23    Board.  Every action approved by a majority of the members of
24    the  Board  shall  be  deemed  to be the action of the Board.
25    Four members of the Board shall constitute a  quorum  at  any
26    meeting  of  the  Board and the affirmative vote of 4 members
27    shall be necessary for any action taken by  the  Board  at  a
28    meeting,  except  that  a lesser number may adjourn a meeting
29    from time to time.  No vacancy in the membership of the Board
30    shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights
31    and perform all the duties of the Board and Authority.
32        (b)  The  members  of  the  Board  shall  serve   without
33    compensation,  but  each  member  shall be reimbursed for his
 
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 1    necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his  official
 2    duties.   A member of the Board who experiences a significant
 3    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
 4    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
 5    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
 6    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
 7    Travel Control Board.
 8    (Source: P.A. 82-518.)

 9        (20 ILCS 3605/7) (from Ch. 5, par. 1207)
10        Sec. 7.  The Authority shall have the  following  powers,
11    together  with  all powers incidental thereto or necessary to
12    the discharge thereof in corporate form:
13        (1)  To have perpetual succession by its  corporate  name
14    as a body politic and corporate;
15        (2)  To  sue  and  be sued in its own name in civil suits
16    and actions, and to defend suits against it;
17        (3)  To adopt and make use of a  corporate  seal  and  to
18    alter the same at pleasure;
19        (4)  To adopt, alter and repeal by-laws, not inconsistent
20    with  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  for the regulation and
21    conduct of its affairs and business;
22        (5)  To loan its funds to one or more persons to be  used
23    by  such persons to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing,
24    reconstructing or improving Agricultural Facilities, soil  or
25    water conservation projects or watershed areas, such loans to
26    be on such terms and conditions, and for such period of time,
27    and  secured  or evidenced by such mortgages, deeds of trust,
28    notes  debentures,  bonds  or  other  secured  or   unsecured
29    evidences  of  indebtedness  of such persons as the Board may
30    determine;
31        (6)  To loan its funds to any agribusiness which operates
32    or will operate a facility  located  in  Illinois  for  those
33    purposes  permitted  by rules and regulations issued pursuant
 
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 1    to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, relating to
 2    the use of moneys loaned from the proceeds from the  issuance
 3    of  industrial development revenue bonds; such loans shall be
 4    on terms and conditions, and for periods of time, and secured
 5    or evidenced by mortgages, deeds of trust, notes, debentures,
 6    bonds or other secured or unsecured evidences of indebtedness
 7    of such agribusiness as the Board may require;
 8        (7)  To purchase, or to  make  commitments  to  purchase,
 9    from  lenders  notes, debentures, bonds or other evidences of
10    indebtedness secured by mortgages, deeds of trust, or to  the
11    security  devices,  or unsecured, as the Board may determine,
12    or portions thereof or participations therein,  which  notes,
13    bonds,  or other evidences of indebtedness shall have been or
14    will be executed by the obligors thereon to obtain funds with
15    which to acquire, by purchase,  construction,  or  otherwise,
16    reconstruct or improve Agricultural Facilities;
17        (8)  To   contract   with   lenders  or  others  for  the
18    origination of or the servicing of  the  loans  made  by  the
19    Authority  pursuant  to  paragraph  (5)  of  this  Section or
20    represented by  the  notes,  bonds,  or  other  evidences  of
21    indebtedness which it has purchased pursuant to paragraph (6)
22    of  this Section; provided that such servicing fees shall not
23    exceed one  per  cent  per  annum  of  the  principal  amount
24    outstanding owed to the Authority;
25        (9)  To  foreclose  any mortgages, deeds of trust, notes,
26    debentures, bonds and other security interests  held  by  it,
27    either  by  action  or by exercise of a power of sale, and to
28    sell the equity of redemption in said security  interests  in
29    accordance  with the terms of said instruments and applicable
30    state law, and to take all  such  other  actions  as  may  be
31    necessary to enforce any obligation held by it;
32        (10)  To  purchase  the  equity of redemption in any such
33    mortgage, deed of  trust,  note,  debenture,  bond  or  other
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 1        (11)  To  receive  and  accept,  from  any source, aid or
 2    contributions of money, property, labor  or  other  items  of
 3    value  for furtherance of any of its purposes, subject to any
 4    conditions not inconsistent herewith or with the laws of this
 5    State  pertaining  to  such  contributions,  including,   but
 6    without  limitation to, gifts, guarantees, or grants from any
 7    department, agency or instrumentality of the United States of
 8    America;
 9        (12)  To collect such fees and charges in connection with
10    its loans, advances, insurance,  commitments,  servicing  and
11    other activities as it may determine;
12        (13)  To  sell  at either public or private sale, with or
13    without public bidding, any notes, bonds, or other  evidences
14    of indebtedness or other obligation held by the Authority;
15        (14)  To  procure  such  insurance, letters of credit and
16    guarantees as the Board may deem  advisable,  including,  but
17    without  limitation  to,  insurance or guarantees against any
18    loss in connection with any notes or obligations held by  it,
19    and  any  of  its  property or assets, and for payment of any
20    Bonds or other obligations issued by the Authority,  in  such
21    amounts  and  from such public or private entities, as it may
22    deem advisable, and to pay premiums or other charges for  any
23    such insurance or guarantees;
24        (15)  To borrow money and to sell and issue its Bonds for
25    any corporate function, use or purpose authorized herein;
26        (16)  To  mortgage,  pledge,  assign  or  grant  security
27    interests  in  any  or  all  of  its  notes,  bonds, or other
28    evidences of  indebtedness  or  other  instruments,  contract
29    rights  or  other property, including, but without limitation
30    to, any receipts from insurance on or guarantees  of  any  of
31    its  notes  or other instruments, as security for the payment
32    of the principal of and interest on any Bonds issued  by  the
33    Authority,   or  as  security  for  any  agreements  made  in
34    connection  therewith,  whether  then  owned  or   thereafter
 
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 1    acquired,  and  to  pledge the revenues from which said Bonds
 2    are payable as security for the payment of the  principal  of
 3    and  interest  on  said  Bonds  and  any  agreements  made in
 4    connection therewith;
 5        (17)  To execute and  deliver,  in  accordance  with  the
 6    provisions  of  this  Section and Section 8 hereof, mortgages
 7    and deeds of trust and trust indentures, or either;
 8        (18)  To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide  for
 9    the  compensation  of  such  officers,  employees and agents,
10    including, but without limitation to,  engineers,  attorneys,
11    management  consultants,  fiscal  advisers, and agricultural,
12    silvicultural and aquacultural experts, as  the  business  of
13    the  Authority  may require; provided, however, that no Board
14    member or member of his or her firm, business, partnership or
15    corporation  shall  be  employed  or   compensated   by   the
16    Authority;  and  provided further that the Executive Director
17    of the Authority, if there is one, shall be appointed by  the
18    Governor;
19        (19)  To invest any funds of the Authority that the Board
20    may  determine  are  not  presently  needed  for  any  of its
21    corporate purposes in  such  obligations  as  the  Board  may
22    determine;
23        (20)  To  enter into a management agreement or agreements
24    with a person for the  management  by  said  person  for  the
25    Authority  of  any  of  its  properties  upon  such terms and
26    conditions as may be mutually agreeable;
27        (21)  To sell, exchange, donate and convey any or all  of
28    its  properties whenever the Board shall find any such action
29    to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the  Authority
30    was established;
31        (22)  To  make,  enter  into, and execute such contracts,
32    agreements, leases and other  instruments  with  any  person,
33    including  without  limitation,  any  federal, state or local
34    governmental agency, and to take such other actions as may be
 
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 1    necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose  for  which
 2    the   Authority  was  organized  or  to  exercise  any  power
 3    expressly granted hereunder;
 4        (23)  To enter into a State Guarantee with a lender or  a
 5    person  holding  a  note  and  to  sell  or  issue such State
 6    Guarantees, bonds or evidences of indebtedness in  a  primary
 7    or a secondary market;
 8        (24)  To  promulgate  and  adopt such necessary rules and
 9    regulations as are consistent with this Act.
10    (Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

11        Section  20-3705.    The   Illinois   Health   Facilities
12    Authority  Act  is  amended  by changing Sections 3.01, 3.02,
13    3.04, and 3.06 as follows:

14        (20 ILCS 3705/3.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1103.01)
15        Sec. 3.01. Authority; appointment.
16        (a)  Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to
17    be initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the  93rd
18    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
19    whichever occurs later, the  Authority  shall  consist  of  7
20    members,  appointed  by the Governor, by and with the consent
21    of the Senate, who shall be residents of the State, not  more
22    than 4 of whom shall be members of the same political party.
23        The term of each appointed member of the Authority who is
24    in  office  on  June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
25    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
26    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
27    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
28    whichever occurs later.
29        (b)  Beginning  on  July  1,  2003 or when all of the new
30    members to be initially appointed under this  amendatory  Act
31    of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been appointed by the
32    Governor, whichever occurs later, the Authority shall consist
 
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 1    of 5 members, appointed by  the  Governor  by  and  with  the
 2    consent  of  the Senate, who shall be residents of the State,
 3    not more than  3  of  whom  shall  be  members  of  the  same
 4    political party.
 5        (c)  The  5  members  of  the  Authority  first appointed
 6    pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General  Assembly
 7    shall  serve  for  terms  expiring  on June 30 in 2005, 2006,
 8    2007, 2008, and 2009 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976,  1977  and
 9    1978,  respectively,  and  until  their respective successors
10    have been appointed and have qualified, the term of each such
11    member to be designated by the Governor.  Upon the expiration
12    of the term of any member his successor  shall  be  appointed
13    for  a  term  of  7  years  and  until his successor has been
14    appointed and has qualified.  The  Governor  shall  fill  any
15    vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
16        (d)  Any  member  of  the Authority may be removed by the
17    Governor for misfeasance, malfeasance or  wilful  neglect  of
18    duty  or other cause after notice and a public hearing unless
19    such notice and hearing shall be expressly waived in writing.
20    (Source: P.A. 79-46.)

21        (20 ILCS 3705/3.02) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1103.02)
22        Sec. 3.02. Chairman; executive directors.
23        (a)  As soon as possible after  the  appointment  of  the
24    initial   members,  the  Authority  shall  organize  for  the
25    transaction of business.
26        (b)  The Governor shall appoint one of the members of the
27    Authority to  serve  as  chairman,  who  shall  preside  over
28    meetings  of  the  Authority.    The Authority shall annually
29    elect one of its members to serve  as  chairman  and  one  as
30    vice-chairman.
31        (c)  The  Authority shall have an Executive Director, who
32    shall be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties of
33    the Executive Director shall be fixed by the Authority.
 
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 1        The Authority It shall appoint an executive director  and
 2    associate  executive  director,  who  shall  not  be a member
 3    members of the Authority, who shall serve at the pleasure  of
 4    the  Authority, and who. They shall receive such compensation
 5    as shall be fixed by the Authority.
 6    (Source: P.A. 77-2635.)

 7        (20 ILCS 3705/3.04) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1103.04)
 8        Sec. 3.04. Quorum; meetings.
 9        (a)  If there is no vacancy on the Authority,  4  members
10    of  the  Authority  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to transact
11    business;  otherwise,  a  majority  of  the  Authority  shall
12    constitute a quorum to  transact  business,  and  no  vacancy
13    shall  impair  the right of the remaining members to exercise
14    all of the powers of the Authority.  Every action approved by
15    a majority of the members of the Authority shall be deemed to
16    be the  action  of  the  Authority.    Four  members  of  the
17    Authority shall constitute a quorum.  The affirmative vote of
18    a  majority  of  all  the  members  of the Authority shall be
19    necessary for any action taken by the Authority.   A  vacancy
20    in the membership of the Authority shall not impair the right
21    of  a  quorum  to exercise all the rights and perform all the
22    duties of the Authority.
23        (b)  Each meeting of the Authority shall be open  to  the
24    public.   Notice of meetings, or waivers thereof, shall be as
25    provided in the by-laws of the Authority.  Resolutions of the
26    Authority need not be published or posted.  The Authority may
27    delegate by resolution to one or more of its members  or  its
28    executive  director  or  associate  executive  director  such
29    powers and duties as it may deem proper.
30    (Source: P.A. 79-46.)

31        (20 ILCS 3705/3.06) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1103.06)
32        Sec.  3.06. Expenses.  The members of the Authority shall
 
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 1    receive no compensation for the performance of  their  duties
 2    as  members  but each such member shall be paid his necessary
 3    expenses while engaged in the performance of such duties.   A
 4    member  of  the Board who experiences a significant financial
 5    hardship due to the loss of income on days of  attendance  at
 6    meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the
 7    Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by  and
 8    subject  to  the  approval  of  the Governor's Travel Control
 9    Board.
10    (Source: P.A. 77-2635.)

11        Section 20-3805.  The Illinois Housing Development Act is
12    amended by changing Sections 4, 6, and 7.15 as follows:

13        (20 ILCS 3805/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 304)
14        Sec. 4. Authority.    There  is  hereby  created  a  body
15    politic  and  corporate  to  be known as the Illinois Housing
16    Development Authority.
17        Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members  to  be
18    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
19    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
20    whichever  occurs  later,  the  Authority  shall consist of 9
21    members, including a senior citizen age 60 or older, of  whom
22    not more than three shall be from any one county in the State
23    and  of  whom  not  more than 5 shall be of any one political
24    party.   The  Governor  shall  appoint  the  members  of  the
25    Authority by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
26        The term of each appointed member of the Authority who is
27    in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at  the  close  of
28    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
29    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
30    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
31    whichever occurs later.
32        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
 
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 1    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
 2    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
 3    whichever  occurs  later,  the  Authority  shall consist of 7
 4    members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
 5    of the Senate, including a senior citizen age  60  or  older.
 6    Not  more  than 2 members shall be from any one county in the
 7    State and not more than 4  shall  be  of  any  one  political
 8    party.
 9        Three  members  first appointed under this amendatory Act
10    of the 93rd General Assembly  shall  hold  office  until  the
11    second   Monday   in  January,  2005  1971  and  until  their
12    successors are appointed  and  qualified,  and  four  members
13    shall  hold  office  until the second Monday in January, 2007
14    1973 and until their successors are appointed and  qualified.
15    The members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984
16    shall serve for a term of 4 years, commencing with the second
17    Monday  in  January, 1985.  After the expiration of the terms
18    of  office  of  those  first  appointed,   their   respective
19    successors  shall  hold  office  from  the  second  Monday in
20    January of the year of their respective  appointments  for  a
21    term  of  four years and until their successors are appointed
22    and qualified.
23        In case of vacancies in such offices during the recess of
24    the Senate, the Governor shall make a  temporary  appointment
25    until  the  next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate
26    some person to fill such office, and any person so nominated,
27    who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his office  during
28    the  remainder  of  the term and until his successor shall be
29    appointed and qualified.  If the Senate is not in session  at
30    the time this provision takes effect, the Governor shall make
31    a temporary appointment as in the case of a vacancy.
32    (Source: P.A. 83-1538.)

33        (20 ILCS 3805/6) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 306)
 
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 1        Sec.  6.  Quorum;  expenses.    Four  Five members of the
 2    Authority shall constitute a quorum at  any  meeting  of  the
 3    Authority and the affirmative vote of 4 of 5 members shall be
 4    necessary for any action taken by the Authority at a meeting,
 5    except  that  the  Authority  may  act  by  unanimous written
 6    consent if provided for in the by-laws of the Authority.   No
 7    vacancy  in  the membership of the Authority shall impair the
 8    right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform  all
 9    the duties of the Authority.
10        The   members   of  the  Authority  shall  serve  without
11    compensation, but each member shall  be  reimbursed  for  his
12    necessary  expenses incurred in the discharge of his official
13    duties.  A member of the Board who experiences a  significant
14    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
15    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
16    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
17    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
18    Travel Control Board.
19    (Source: P.A. 83-1538.)

20        (20 ILCS 3805/7.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 307.15)
21        Sec. 7.15. Executive director; employees.
22        (a)  The  Authority shall have an executive director, who
23    shall be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties of
24    the executive director shall be set by the Authority.
25        (b)  The Authority may employ  other  agents,  employees,
26    professional  and  business advisers as may from time to time
27    be necessary in its judgment and fix their compensation.  The
28    Authority shall file copies of such contracts as required  by
29    the  "State  Comptroller Act", approved September 7, 1972, as
30    amended.
31    (Source: P.A. 83-515.)

32        Section 20-3850.  The Illinois  Research  Park  Authority
 
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 1    Act  is  amended by changing Sections 1-20, 1-25, and 1-30 as
 2    follows:

 3        (20 ILCS 3850/1-20)
 4        Sec. 1-20.  Members of Authority; terms; vacancies.
 5        (a)  The  governing  and  administrative  powers  of  the
 6    Authority shall be vested in the Board.
 7        Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members  to  be
 8    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
 9    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
10    whichever  occurs  later,  the  Board  shall  consist  a body
11    consisting of 9 members, to be  appointed  by  the  Governor,
12    with the advice and consent of the Senate.
13        The  term of each appointed member of the Board who is in
14    office on June 30, 2003  shall  terminate  at  the  close  of
15    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
16    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
17    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
18    whichever occurs later.
19        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
20    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
21    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
22    whichever  occurs later, the Board shall consist of 7 members
23    appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of  the
24    Senate.
25        All  of the members shall be residents of the State.  All
26    of the members shall have recognized ability  and  experience
27    in  one  or  more  of  the following areas: higher education,
28    research and development, science  and  technology,  economic
29    development,   finance,   banking,   industrial  development,
30    business   administration   or   management,   real    estate
31    development,    community   development,   venture   finance,
32    organized  labor,  or  civic,  community,   or   neighborhood
33    organization.
 
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 1        The  Governor shall designate one of the members to serve
 2    as A Chairman.  A and Vice Chairman of  the  Board  shall  be
 3    elected by the Board annually from among its members.
 4        (b)  The terms of all members of the Board shall begin 30
 5    days  after  the  effective date of this Act.  Of the members
 6    initially appointed by the Governor under this amendatory Act
 7    of the 93rd General Assembly, 3 shall serve until  the  third
 8    Monday  in  January, 2005 1996, 2 shall serve until the third
 9    Monday in January, 2006 1997, and 2  shall  serve  until  the
10    third  Monday  in  January,  2007 1998.  Each successor shall
11    hold office of a term of 4 years commencing the third  Monday
12    in  January  of  the year in which his or her term commences,
13    except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy.  In  case
14    of  vacancy  when  the Senate is not in session, the Governor
15    may make a temporary appointment until the  next  meeting  of
16    the  Senate  when  a  person  shall  be nominated to fill the
17    office, and any person so nominated who is confirmed  by  the
18    Senate shall hold office during the remainder of the term and
19    until a successor is appointed and qualified.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-626, eff. 1-1-00.)

21        (20 ILCS 3850/1-25)
22        Sec.  1-25.   Compensation;  expenses  of  members.   The
23    members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for the
24    performance of their duties as members, but each member shall
25    be reimbursed for reasonable  and  necessary  expenses  while
26    engaged in the performance of his or her duties.  A member of
27    the  Board  who  experiences a significant financial hardship
28    due to the loss of income on days of attendance  at  meetings
29    or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may
30    be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
31    the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
32    (Source: P.A. 88-669, eff. 11-29-94.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 3850/1-30)
 2        Sec. 1-30.  Executive Director and  employees;  operating
 3    expenses.
 4        (a)  The   Governor  Board  shall  appoint  an  Executive
 5    Director who shall have a background  in  the  financing  and
 6    development  of  business  enterprises  or  real estate, or a
 7    background  in  economic   development   and   administration
 8    including   familiarity   with   the   legal  and  procedural
 9    requirements of issuing bonds.  The Executive Director  shall
10    hold office at the pleasure of the Governor Board.
11        The  Executive Director shall be the chief administrative
12    and operational officer of the Authority,  shall  direct  and
13    supervise  its administrative affairs and general management,
14    shall perform other duties that may be prescribed  from  time
15    to  time  by  the  members  and shall receive compensation as
16    fixed by the Board.  The Executive Director shall attend  all
17    meetings  of  the Board, provided, however, that no action of
18    the Board shall be invalid on account of the absence  of  the
19    Executive Director from a meeting.
20        (b)  The  Authority  may  engage  the  services  of other
21    agents  and  employees,  including   attorneys,   appraisers,
22    engineers,    accountants,    credit   analysts   and   other
23    consultants, as it may deem advisable and may prescribe their
24    duties and fix their compensation.
25        (c)  Initial  operating  staff  and   expenses   of   the
26    Authority  may be provided by appropriations lawfully made by
27    the General Assembly.  As soon as  may  be  practicable,  the
28    Authority  shall  provide  for  its  expenses  and payment of
29    employees, including  salaries  and  contractual  agreements,
30    from  its operation by charges and fees, from the proceeds of
31    bonds as it may decide,  or  from  investment  earnings  from
32    special funds that the Authority is empowered to use.
33    (Source: P.A. 88-669, eff. 11-29-94.)
 
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 1        Section  20-3915.   The  Arts  Council  Act is amended by
 2    changing Sections 1, 2, and 6 as follows:

 3        (20 ILCS 3915/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 214.11)
 4        Sec. 1.  Council created.  There is created the  Illinois
 5    Arts Council, an agency of the State of Illinois.
 6        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
 7    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
 8    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
 9    whichever occurs later, the Illinois Arts  Council  shall  be
10    composed  of  not less than 13 nor more than 35 members to be
11    appointed by the Governor, one of  whom  shall  be  a  senior
12    citizen age 60 or over.
13        The  term  of each appointed member of the Council who is
14    in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at  the  close  of
15    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
16    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
17    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
18    whichever occurs later.
19        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
20    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
21    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
22    whichever  occurs  later,  the Illinois Arts Council shall be
23    composed of 21 members to be appointed by the  Governor,  one
24    of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over.
25        In   making   initial   appointments   pursuant  to  this
26    amendatory Act of the 93rd  General  Assembly,  the  Governor
27    shall  designate  approximately  one-half  of  the members to
28    serve for 2 years, and the balance of the  members  to  serve
29    for  4  years, each term of office to end on commence July 1,
30    1965.  The senior citizen member first appointed  under  this
31    amendatory  Act  of  1984  shall  serve for a term of 4 years
32    commencing July 1, 1985.  Thereafter all  appointments  shall
33    be  made for a 4 year term.  The Governor shall designate the
 
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 1    Chairman of the Council from among the members thereof.
 2    (Source: P.A. 83-1538.)

 3        (20 ILCS 3915/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 214.12)
 4        Sec. 2. Expenses.  No member may receive compensation for
 5    his services, but each member may be reimbursed for  expenses
 6    incurred  in  the performance of his duties.  A member of the
 7    Council who experiences a significant financial hardship  due
 8    to  the  loss  of income on days of attendance at meetings or
 9    while otherwise engaged in the business of the Council may be
10    paid a hardship allowance, as determined by  and  subject  to
11    the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
12    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1965.)

13        (20 ILCS 3915/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 214.16)
14        Sec. 6. Employees; operational services.
15        (a)  The  Council  may  employ  an  executive director, a
16    secretary, and such clerical, technical and  other  employees
17    and  assistants  as  it  considers  necessary  for the proper
18    transaction of its business.
19        (b)  The Department of Central Management Services  shall
20    provide  to the Illinois Arts Council the same type and level
21    of services as it provides to other State agencies, including
22    but not limited to office space,  communications,  facilities
23    management,  and  any  other  operational  services  that the
24    Department provides to other State offices and  agencies,  as
25    necessary to fulfill the Council's statutory mandate.
26    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1965.)

27        Section 20-3918.  The Illinois Building Commission Act is
28    amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:

29        (20 ILCS 3918/10)
30        Sec.  10.  Creation.  An advisory commission, to be known
 
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 1    as  the  Illinois  Building  Commission,  is  created.    The
 2    Commission  shall  consist  of 11 members, including:  a fire
 3    official, a building official, an architect,  a  professional
 4    engineer,  a  structural  engineer,  a  commercial contractor
 5    representative,   a   residential    construction    industry
 6    representative,   a   mechanical   and  specialty  contractor
 7    representative,  a   labor   representative,   a   disability
 8    advocate,  and  a member of the public.  The Commission shall
 9    be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent  of
10    the Senate.
11        Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Section, the
12    term of each member of the Commission who  was  appointed  by
13    the  Governor  and  is  in  office  on  June  30,  2003 shall
14    terminate at the close of business on that date or  when  all
15    of  the  successor  members  to be appointed pursuant to this
16    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been
17    appointed by the Governor, whichever occurs later.   As  soon
18    as  possible,  the Governor shall appoint persons to fill the
19    vacancies created by this amendatory Act.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-269, eff. 1-1-98.)

21        (20 ILCS 3918/15)
22        Sec. 15.  Terms and reimbursement.   The  fire  official,
23    architect,   structural   engineer,   commercial   contractor
24    representative,  labor  representative,  and  member  of  the
25    public  shall  serve  initial terms of 2 years.  The building
26    official,  professional  engineer,  residential  construction
27    industry representative, mechanical and specialty  contractor
28    representative,  and  disability advocate shall serve initial
29    terms of 3 years.  Each subsequent term shall be for 3 years.
30    Members may be appointed for more than one term.
31        The A chairman of the Commission shall be  designated  by
32    the  Governor  from among elected each year by the members of
33    the Commission.
 
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 1        Commission  members  shall  be   reimbursed   for   their
 2    necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of their
 3    duties. travel expenses and shall receive a per diem for each
 4    day that the Commission or a subcommittee on which the member
 5    serves meets.  Travel reimbursement shall be consistent  with
 6    the rules of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
 7        A  member of the Commission who experiences a significant
 8    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
 9    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
10    business of the Commission may be paid a hardship  allowance,
11    as   determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
12    Governor's Travel Control Board.
13        The Commission may have an executive director; if so, the
14    executive director shall be appointed by the  Governor.   The
15    salary  and  duties of the executive director shall be set by
16    the Commission.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-269, eff. 1-1-98.)

18        Section   20-3930.    The   Illinois   Criminal   Justice
19    Information Act is amended by changing Sections 4, 5,  and  6
20    as follows:

21        (20 ILCS 3930/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 210-4)
22        Sec. 4.  Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority;
23    creation,  membership,  and  meetings.   There  is created an
24    Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority consisting of
25    20 members.
26        Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members  to  be
27    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
28    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
29    whichever occurs later, the membership of the Authority shall
30    consist  of  the  Illinois  Attorney  General,  or his or her
31    designee,  the  Director  of  the  Illinois   Department   of
32    Corrections, the Director of the Illinois Department of State
 
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 1    Police,  the  Sheriff of Cook County, the State's Attorney of
 2    Cook County, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of  Cook  County,
 3    the  Superintendent  of  the  Chicago  Police Department, the
 4    Director of the Office of  the  State's  Attorneys  Appellate
 5    Prosecutor,  the  Executive  Director  of  the  Illinois  Law
 6    Enforcement  Training  Standards  Board,  the State Appellate
 7    Defender, and the following additional members, each of  whom
 8    shall  be appointed by the Governor: a circuit court clerk, a
 9    sheriff, and a State's Attorney of a county other than  Cook,
10    a chief of police, and 6 members of the general public.
11        The term of each appointed member of the Authority who is
12    in  office  on  June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
13    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
14    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
15    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
16    whichever occurs later.
17        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
18    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
19    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
20    whichever occurs later, the membership of the Authority shall
21    consist of 10 ex officio members and 8 appointed members.
22        The following  officers  and  officials  shall  serve  ex
23    officio  as  members  of the Authority: the Illinois Attorney
24    General, or his or her designee, the Director of the Illinois
25    Department of  Corrections,  the  Director  of  the  Illinois
26    Department  of  State Police, the Sheriff of Cook County, the
27    State's Attorney of Cook County, the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit
28    Court  of  Cook  County,  the  Superintendent  of the Chicago
29    Police Department, the Director of the Office of the  State's
30    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, the Executive Director of the
31    Illinois  Law  Enforcement  Training Standards Board, and the
32    State Appellate Defender.
33        The  following  8  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the
34    Governor:  a  circuit  court  clerk,  a  sheriff,  a  State's
 
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 1    Attorney of a county other than Cook, a Public Defender of  a
 2    county  other  than Cook, a chief of police, and 3 members of
 3    the general public.
 4        The Governor from time to time shall designate a Chairman
 5    of the Authority from the membership.
 6        Of  the  appointed  members  of  the  Authority  who  are
 7    initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory  Act  of  the
 8    93rd  General Assembly, 4 shall be appointed for terms ending
 9    on the  third  Monday  in  January,  2005,  and  4  shall  be
10    appointed  for  terms  ending on the third Monday in January,
11    2007, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
12    Thereafter, all members of the  Authority  appointed  by  the
13    Governor  shall  serve  at the pleasure of the Governor for a
14    term not to exceed 4 years.  The initial appointed members of
15    the Authority shall serve from January, 1983 until the  third
16    Monday  in  January,  1987  or  until  their  successors  are
17    appointed.
18        The  Authority  shall  meet  at  least quarterly, and all
19    meetings of the Authority shall be called by the Chairman.
20    (Source: P.A.  91-483,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-798,  eff.  7-9-00;
21    92-21, eff. 7-1-01.)

22        (20 ILCS 3930/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 210-5)
23        Sec.  5.   No  Compensation  -  Expenses.  Members of the
24    Authority, other  than  the  Chairman,  shall  serve  without
25    compensation.  All members shall be reimbursed for reasonable
26    expenses  incurred in connection with their duties.  A member
27    of the Board who experiences a significant financial hardship
28    due to the loss of income on days of attendance  at  meetings
29    or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may
30    be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
31    the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
32    (Source: P.A. 82-1039.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 3930/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 210-6)
 2        Sec. 6.  Executive Director.  The Governor shall  appoint
 3    an  Executive  Director  of the Authority with the advice and
 4    consent of the Senate.  The Executive Director shall  employ,
 5    in  accordance  with the provisions of the Illinois Personnel
 6    Code, such administrative, professional, clerical, and  other
 7    personnel  as  may  be  required.  The Executive Director may
 8    organize  the  staff  of  the  Authority  as  he   may   deem
 9    appropriate.
10        The  term  of the Executive Director of the Authority who
11    is serving on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the  close  of
12    business  on that date or upon the appointment of a successor
13    Executive Director by the Governor, whichever occurs later.
14    (Source: P.A. 82-1039.)

15        Section 20-3955.  The Guardianship and  Advocacy  Act  is
16    amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:

17        (20 ILCS 3955/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 704)
18        Sec. 4. Commission; chairman; quorum; expenses.
19        (a)  Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to
20    be  initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
21    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
22    whichever  occurs  later,  the Commission shall consist of 11
23    members, one of whom shall be a  senior  citizen  age  60  or
24    over,  who  shall  be  appointed by the Governor, taking into
25    account the requirements of State and federal statutes,  with
26    the advice and consent of the Senate.
27        The  term  of each appointed member of the Commission who
28    is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
29    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
30    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
31    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
32    whichever occurs later.
 
                            -62-     LRB093 08500 EFG 16894 a
 1        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
 2    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
 3    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
 4    whichever occurs later, the Commission  shall  consist  of  7
 5    members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
 6    of  the Senate, taking into account the requirements of State
 7    and federal statutes.  One member shall be a  senior  citizen
 8    age 60 or over.
 9        All  appointments  shall  be  filed with the Secretary of
10    State by the appointing authority.
11        (b)  Of the  terms  of  the  original  members  appointed
12    pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
13    2  shall  be  appointed  for terms ending on June 30, 2004, 2
14    shall be appointed for terms ending on June 30, 2005,  and  3
15    shall  be  appointed  for terms ending on June 30, 2006, with
16    shall be 3 one year terms, 3 two year terms, and 3 three year
17    terms, all terms to continue until a successor  is  appointed
18    and  qualified.   The  length  of  the  terms of the original
19    members shall be drawn by lot of the first  meeting  held  by
20    the  Commission.   The  members  first  appointed  under this
21    amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a  term  of  3  years.
22    Thereafter  all  terms shall be for 3 years, with each member
23    serving no more than 2 consecutive terms.
24        Vacancies in the membership are to be filled in the  same
25    manner  as  original  appointments.    Appointments  to  fill
26    vacancies  occurring  before the expiration of a term are for
27    the remainder  of  the  unexpired  term.   A  member  of  the
28    Commission shall serve for a term ending on June 30 and until
29    his successor is appointed and qualified.
30        (c)  The Governor shall appoint one of the members of the
31    Commission  to  serve  as  chairman.   The  Commission  shall
32    annually  elect  a  Chairman  and any other officers it deems
33    necessary.
34        The Commission shall meet at least once  every  3  months
 
                            -63-     LRB093 08500 EFG 16894 a
 1    with  the  times  and  places  of  meetings determined by the
 2    Chairman.  Additional meetings may be called by the  Chairman
 3    upon  written  notice 7 days before the meeting or by written
 4    petition of 5 members to the Chairman.  Four Six  members  of
 5    the Commission constitute a quorum.
 6        (d)  Members  of  the  Commission  are  not  entitled  to
 7    compensation  but  shall  receive  reimbursement  for  actual
 8    expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of their duties.  A
 9    member  of  the  Commission  who  experiences  a  significant
10    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
11    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
12    business of the Commission may be paid a hardship  allowance,
13    as   determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
14    Governor's Travel Control Board.
15    (Source: P.A. 83-1538.)

16        (20 ILCS 3955/5) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 705)
17        Sec. 5.  (a) The Commission  shall  establish  throughout
18    the  State  such  regions  as  it  considers  appropriate  to
19    effectuate  the  purposes  of  the  Authority under this Act,
20    taking into account the requirements  of  State  and  federal
21    statutes;   population;  civic,  health  and  social  service
22    boundaries; and other pertinent factors.
23        (b)  The Commission shall act through  its  divisions  as
24    provided in this Act.
25        (c)  The   Commission   shall  establish  general  policy
26    guidelines for the operation of the Legal  Advocacy  Service,
27    Authority and State Guardian in furtherance of this Act.  Any
28    action taken by a regional authority is subject to the review
29    and   approval   of   the  Commission.   The  Commission  may
30    disapprove any action of a regional authority, in which  case
31    the regional authority shall cease such action.
32        (d)  The  Commission  shall have a Director, who shall be
33    appointed by the Governor.  The  salary  and  duties  of  the
 
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 1    Director  shall  be  fixed by the Commission.  The Commission
 2    shall hire a Director and staff to carry out the  powers  and
 3    duties  of  the Commission and its divisions pursuant to this
 4    Act  and  the  rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by   the
 5    Commission.   All  staff  other  than  the  Director shall be
 6    subject to the Personnel Code.
 7        (e)  The  Commission  shall  review  and   evaluate   the
 8    operations of the divisions.
 9        (f)  The   Commission   shall   operate  subject  to  the
10    provisions of The Illinois Purchasing Act.
11        (g)  The Commission shall prepare its budget.
12        (h)  The Commission shall prepare an annual report on its
13    operations and submit the report  to  the  Governor  and  the
14    General Assembly.
15        The  requirement  for  reporting  to the General Assembly
16    shall be satisfied by filing copies of the  report  with  the
17    Speaker,  the  Minority  Leader and the Clerk of the House of
18    Representatives and the President, the  Minority  Leader  and
19    the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  and the Legislative Research
20    Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law
21    in relation to the General Assembly", approved  February  25,
22    1874,  and  filing  such  additional  copies  with  the State
23    Government  Report  Distribution  Center  for   the   General
24    Assembly  as  is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of
25    the State Library Act.
26        (i)  The Commission shall establish rules and regulations
27    for the conduct of the work of its divisions, including rules
28    and regulations for the Legal Advocacy Service and the  State
29    Guardian   in  evaluating  an  eligible  person's  or  ward's
30    financial resources for the purpose  of  determining  whether
31    the  eligible person or ward has the ability to pay for legal
32    or guardianship services received.  The determination of  the
33    eligible person's financial ability to pay for legal services
34    shall  be based upon the number of dependents in the eligible
 
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 1    person's family  unit  and  the  income,  liquid  assets  and
 2    necessary  expenses,  as prescribed by rule of the Commission
 3    of: (1)  the  eligible  person;  (2)  the  eligible  person's
 4    spouse;  and  (3) the parents of minor eligible persons.  The
 5    determination of a ward's ability  to  pay  for  guardianship
 6    services  shall be based upon the ward's estate.  An eligible
 7    person or ward found to have sufficient  financial  resources
 8    shall  be  required  to pay the Commission in accordance with
 9    standards established by  the  Commission.  No  fees  may  be
10    charged  for  legal services given unless the eligible person
11    is given notice at the start of such services that such  fees
12    might  be  charged.   No fees may be charged for guardianship
13    services given unless the ward is given notice of the request
14    for fees filed with the probate court and the court  approves
15    the  amount of fees to be assessed.  All fees collected shall
16    be deposited with the  State  Treasurer  and  placed  in  the
17    Guardianship   and   Advocacy   Fund.  The  Commission  shall
18    establish rules and regulations regarding the  procedures  of
19    appeal  for  clients  prior  to  termination or suspension of
20    legal services.  Such rules and  regulations  shall  include,
21    but  not  be limited to, client notification procedures prior
22    to the actual termination, the scope  of  issues  subject  to
23    appeal, and procedures specifying when a final administrative
24    decision is made.
25        (j)  The  Commission  shall take such actions as it deems
26    necessary and appropriate to  receive  private,  federal  and
27    other  public  funds  to  help  support  the divisions and to
28    safeguard the rights of eligible persons.  Private funds  and
29    property  may be accepted, held, maintained, administered and
30    disposed of by the Commission, as trustee, for such  purposes
31    for  the  benefit  of  the  People  of  the State of Illinois
32    pursuant to the terms of the instrument granting the funds or
33    property to the Commission.
34        (k)  The Commission may expend funds  under  the  State's
 
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 1    plan  to  protect  and  advocate the rights of persons with a
 2    developmental  disability  established  under   the   federal
 3    Developmental    Disabilities    Services    and   Facilities
 4    Construction Act  (Public  Law  94-103,  Title  II).  If  the
 5    Governor  designates the Commission to be the organization or
 6    agency to provide the services called for in the State  plan,
 7    the  Commission  shall  make  these  protection  and advocacy
 8    services available to persons with a developmental disability
 9    by referral or by  contracting  for  these  services  to  the
10    extent  practicable.  If  the Commission is unable to so make
11    available such protection and  advocacy  services,  it  shall
12    provide them through persons in its own employ.
13        (l)  The  Commission  shall,  to  the  extent  funds  are
14    available,  monitor  issues concerning the rights of eligible
15    persons and the care and treatment provided to those persons,
16    including but not  limited  to  the  incidence  of  abuse  or
17    neglect  of eligible persons. For purposes of that monitoring
18    the Commission shall have  access  to  reports  of  suspected
19    abuse or neglect and information regarding the disposition of
20    such  reports, subject to the provisions of the Mental Health
21    and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-380.)

23        Section 20-3960.  The Illinois Health Facilities Planning
24    Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

25        (20 ILCS 3960/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1154)
26        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2003)
27        Sec. 4. Health  Facilities  Planning  Board;  membership;
28    appointment;  terms;  compensation; quorum.  There is created
29    the Health Facilities Planning Board, which shall perform the
30    such functions as hereinafter described in this Act.
31        Notwithstanding any provision  of  this  Section  to  the
32    contrary,  the  term  of  office  of each member of the State
 
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 1    Board is abolished on the effective date of  this  amendatory
 2    Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly, but all incumbent members
 3    shall continue to exercise all of the powers and  be  subject
 4    to  all of the duties of members of the State Board until all
 5    new members of the 9-member State Board authorized under this
 6    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly are appointed and
 7    take  office.   Beginning  on  the  effective  date  of  this
 8    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the State  Board
 9    shall  consist  of  9  voting  members. The State Board shall
10    consist of 15 voting members, including: 8 consumer  members;
11    one  member  representing  the  commercial  health  insurance
12    industry  in  Illinois;  one member representing hospitals in
13    Illinois; one member who is actively engaged in the field  of
14    hospital  management;  one member who is a professional nurse
15    registered in Illinois; one member  who  is  a  physician  in
16    active  private  practice  licensed  in  Illinois to practice
17    medicine in all of its branches; one member who  is  actively
18    engaged  in the field of skilled nursing or intermediate care
19    facility management; and one member who is  actively  engaged
20    in  the  administration  of  an ambulatory surgical treatment
21    center  licensed  under  the  Ambulatory  Surgical  Treatment
22    Center Act.
23        The State Board shall be appointed by the Governor,  with
24    the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate.   In  making  the
25    appointments,   the  Governor  shall  give  consideration  to
26    recommendations made by (1)  the  professional  organizations
27    concerned   with   hospital   management   for  the  hospital
28    management  appointment,   (2)   professional   organizations
29    concerned  with  long  term  care facility management for the
30    long  term  care   facility   management   appointment,   (3)
31    professional   medical   organizations   for   the  physician
32    appointment, (4) professional nursing organizations  for  the
33    nurse   appointment,   and   (5)  professional  organizations
34    concerned with ambulatory surgical treatment centers for  the
 
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 1    ambulatory  surgical  treatment center appointment, and shall
 2    appoint  as  consumer  members  individuals   familiar   with
 3    community  health  needs but whose interest in the operation,
 4    construction or utilization of  health  care  facilities  are
 5    derived   from  factors  other  than  those  related  to  his
 6    profession, business, or economic gain, and who represent, so
 7    far as possible, different geographic  areas  of  the  State.
 8    Not more than 5 of 8 of the appointments shall be of the same
 9    political  party.   No  person  shall be appointed as a State
10    Board member if that person has served, after  the  effective
11    date  of  this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, 2
12    3-year terms as a State Board member, except  for  ex-officio
13    non-voting members.
14        The  Secretary  of Human Services, the Director of Public
15    Aid, and the Director of Public Health, or  their  designated
16    representatives,   shall   serve  as  ex-officio,  non-voting
17    members of the State Board.
18        Of those members  initially  appointed  by  the  Governor
19    under  this  amendatory  Act  of the 93rd General Assembly, 3
20    shall serve for terms ending July 1, 2004, 3 shall serve  for
21    terms ending July 1, 2005, and 3 shall serve for terms ending
22    July  1, 2006.  Thereafter, as voting members, each appointed
23    member shall hold office for a term of  3  years,:  provided,
24    that  any  member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior
25    to the expiration of the term for which his  predecessor  was
26    appointed  shall  be appointed for the remainder of such term
27    and the term of office of each successor  shall  commence  on
28    July  1  of the year in which his predecessor's term expires.
29    In making original  appointments  to  the  State  Board,  the
30    Governor  shall  appoint  5 members for a term of one year, 5
31    for a term of 2 years, and 3 for a term of 3 years, and  each
32    of these terms of office shall commence on July 1, 1974.  The
33    initial  term  of office for the members appointed under this
34    amendatory Act of 1996 shall begin on July 1, 1996 and  shall
 
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 1    last  for  2  years, and each subsequent appointment shall be
 2    for a term of 3 years.  Each member shall hold  office  until
 3    his successor is appointed and qualified.
 4        State  Board  members,  while  serving on business of the
 5    State Board, shall receive actual and  necessary  travel  and
 6    subsistence  expenses while so serving away from their places
 7    of residence.  A member of the State Board who experiences  a
 8    significant  financial  hardship due to the loss of income on
 9    days of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged  in
10    the  business  of  the  State  Board  may  be paid a hardship
11    allowance, as determined by and subject to  the  approval  of
12    the  Governor's  Travel  Control  Board.  In  addition, while
13    serving on business of the State  Board,  each  member  shall
14    receive  compensation  of  $150  per  day,  except  that such
15    compensation shall not exceed $7,500 in any one year for  any
16    member.
17        The  Governor shall designate one of the members to serve
18    as Chairman and The State Board shall  provide  for  its  own
19    organization  and  procedures,  including  the selection of a
20    Chairman and such other officers as  deemed  necessary.   The
21    Director,  with concurrence of the State Board, shall name as
22    full-time Executive Secretary of the State  Board,  a  person
23    qualified   in   health   care   facility   planning  and  in
24    administration.  The Agency shall provide administrative  and
25    staff  support  for  the  State Board.  The State Board shall
26    advise the Director of its  budgetary  and  staff  needs  and
27    consult with the Director on annual budget preparation.
28        The State Board shall meet at least once each quarter, or
29    as  often as the Chairman of the State Board deems necessary,
30    or upon the request of a majority of the members.
31        Five Eight members of the State Board shall constitute  a
32    quorum.  The affirmative vote of 5 of 8 of the members of the
33    State  Board  shall  be  necessary for any action requiring a
34    vote to be taken by  the  State  Board.   A  vacancy  in  the
 
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 1    membership of the State Board shall not impair the right of a
 2    quorum  to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties
 3    of the State Board as provided by this Act.
 4        A State Board member shall disqualify himself or  herself
 5    from  the  consideration  of  any application for a permit or
 6    exemption in which the State Board member or the State  Board
 7    member's  spouse,  parent,  or  child  (i)  has  an  economic
 8    interest  in  the  matter or (ii) is employed by, serves as a
 9    consultant for, or is a member of the governing board of  the
10    applicant or a party opposing the application.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00.)

12        (20 ILCS 3960/19.6 rep.)
13        Section   20-3960.1.    The  Illinois  Health  Facilities
14    Planning Act is amended by repealing Section 19.6.

15        Section 20-4010.  The Illinois Council  on  Developmental
16    Disabilities  Law is amended by changing Sections 2003, 2004,
17    and 2004.5 as follows:

18        (20 ILCS 4010/2003) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1953)
19        Sec.   2003.    Council.    The   Illinois   Council   on
20    Developmental Disabilities is hereby created as an  executive
21    agency of State government.  The Council shall be composed of
22    29  members appointed as provided in Section 2004.5, governed
23    by a chairperson, and headed by a director.
24        The functions of the Council shall be  as  prescribed  in
25    Chapter  75  of Title 42 of the United States Code (42 U.S.C.
26    6000, et seq.), as now or hereafter amended, and  in  Section
27    2006 of this Article.
28        The  Council  shall receive and disburse funds authorized
29    under Chapter 75 of Title 42 of the United  States  Code  (42
30    U.S.C. 6000, et seq.), as now or hereafter amended.
31    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 4010/2004) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1954)
 2        Sec. 2004.  Council membership.  Council membership shall
 3    be as provided in Section 2004.5.
 4        (a)  The  council shall be composed of 38 voting members,
 5    27 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor from  residents
 6    of  the  State so as to ensure that the membership reasonably
 7    represents   consumers   of   services   to   persons    with
 8    developmental disabilities.
 9        (b)  Eleven  voting  members  shall  be  the Directors of
10    Public  Aid,  Public  Health,  Aging,  Children  and   Family
11    Services, the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the State
12    protection and advocacy agency, the State Board of Education,
13    the   Division  of  Specialized  Care  for  Children  of  the
14    University of Illinois, and the State  University  Affiliated
15    Program,  or  their  designees,  plus  the Secretary of Human
16    Services  (or  his  or  her  designee)  and  one   additional
17    representative of the Department of Human Services designated
18    by the Secretary.
19        (c)  Nineteen   voting  members  shall  be  persons  with
20    developmental disabilities,  parents  or  guardians  of  such
21    persons,  or immediate relatives or guardians of persons with
22    mentally impairing developmental disabilities.  None of these
23    members shall be employees of a State agency  which  receives
24    funds  or  provides  services under the federal Developmental
25    Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments  of
26    1987,  managing  employees of any other entity which services
27    funds or provides services under  the  federal  Developmental
28    Disabilities  Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of
29    1987, or persons with an ownership  or  control  interest  in
30    such an entity.  Of these members:
31             (1)  At  least 6 shall be persons with developmental
32        disabilities and at least 6 shall be immediate  relatives
33        or   guardians   of   persons   with  mentally  impairing
34        developmental disabilities; and
 
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 1             (2)  One member shall be an  immediate  relative  or
 2        guardian    of   an   institutionalized   or   previously
 3        institutionalized person with a developmental disability.
 4        (d)  Eight voting members  shall  be  representatives  of
 5    local agencies, nongovernmental agencies and groups concerned
 6    with services to persons with developmental disabilities.
 7        (e)  The  Governor  shall  consider  nominations  made by
 8    advocacy and community-based organizations.
 9        (f)  Of the initial members appointed by the Governor,  8
10    shall  be  appointed  for  terms  of  one  year,  9  shall be
11    appointed for terms of 2 years, and 9 shall be appointed  for
12    terms  of 3 years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed
13    for terms of 3 years. No  member  shall  serve  more  than  2
14    successive terms.
15        (g)  Individual terms of office shall be chosen by lot at
16    the initial meeting of the council.
17        (h)  Vacancies  in  the membership shall be filled in the
18    same manner as initial  appointments.  Appointments  to  fill
19    vacancies  occurring before the expiration of a term shall be
20    for the remainder of the unexpired term.
21        (i)  Members shall not  receive  compensation  for  their
22    services,  but  shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses
23    plus up to $50 a day for any loss of wages  incurred  in  the
24    performance of their duties.
25        (j)  Total  membership  consists  of the number of voting
26    members, as defined in this  Section,  excluding  any  vacant
27    positions.   A  quorum  shall consist of a simple majority of
28    total membership and shall be sufficient  to  constitute  the
29    transaction  of  business  of  the  council unless stipulated
30    otherwise in the bylaws of the council.
31        (k)  The council shall meet at least quarterly.
32        (l)  The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or his  or
33    her  designee,  shall  serve  as  a  nonvoting  member of the
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 2        (20 ILCS 4010/2004.5)
 3        Sec. 2004.5. Council membership.   The  General  Assembly
 4    intends  that  the reduction in the membership of the Council
 5    shall occur through attrition between the effective  date  of
 6    this  amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly and January
 7    1, 2001.  In the event that the terms of  10  voting  members
 8    have  not  expired by January 1, 2001, members of the Council
 9    serving on that date shall  continue  to  serve  until  their
10    terms expire.
11        (a)  The   membership  of  the  Council  must  reasonably
12    represent the diversity of this State.  Not less than 60%  of
13    the   Council's   membership   must   be   individuals   with
14    developmental  disabilities, parents or guardians of children
15    with developmental disabilities, or  immediate  relatives  or
16    guardians  of  adults  with  developmental  disabilities  who
17    cannot advocate for themselves.
18        The  Council  must  also include representatives of State
19    agencies that  administer  moneys  under  federal  laws  that
20    relate  to  individuals  with developmental disabilities; the
21    State  University  Center  for  Excellence  in  Developmental
22    Disabilities Education,  Research,  and  Service;  the  State
23    protection  and advocacy system; and representatives of local
24    and non-governmental agencies and private  non-profit  groups
25    concerned  with  services  for individuals with developmental
26    disabilities.  The members described in this  paragraph  must
27    have   sufficient   authority  to  engage  in  policy-making,
28    planning, and implementation on  behalf  of  the  department,
29    agency,  or  program  that they represent.  Those members may
30    not take part in any discussion of grants  or  contracts  for
31    which  their departments, agencies, or programs are grantees,
32    contractors, or applicants and must  comply  with  any  other
33    relevant  conflict  of  interest  provisions in the Council's
 
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 1    policies or bylaws.
 2        (b)  Seventeen voting members, appointed by the Governor,
 3    must be persons with developmental disabilities,  parents  or
 4    guardians  of  persons  with  developmental  disabilities, or
 5    immediate   relatives   or   guardians   of   persons    with
 6    mentally-impairing developmental disabilities.  None of these
 7    members  may  be  employees  of  a State agency that receives
 8    funds or provides services under  the  federal  Developmental
 9    Disabilities  Assistance  and  Bill of Rights Act of 1996 (42
10    U.S.C. 6000 et seq.), as now or hereafter  amended,  managing
11    employees  of  any  other  entity  that  receives  moneys  or
12    provides    services    under   the   federal   Developmental
13    Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act  of  1996  (42
14    U.S.C. 6000 et seq.), as now or hereafter amended, or persons
15    with  an  ownership  interest in or a controlling interest in
16    such  an  entity.   Of  the  members  appointed  under   this
17    subsection (b):
18             (1)  at  least  6 must be persons with developmental
19        disabilities;
20             (2)  at  least  6   must   be   parents,   immediate
21        relatives,  or  guardians  of  children  and  adults with
22        developmental disabilities,  including  individuals  with
23        mentally-impairing  developmental disabilities who cannot
24        advocate for themselves; and
25             (3)  5 members must  be  a  combination  of  persons
26        described in paragraphs (1) and (2); at least one of whom
27        must  be  (i)  an  immediate  relative  or guardian of an
28        individual with a developmental disability who resides or
29        who previously resided  in  an  institution  or  (ii)  an
30        individual with a developmental disability who resides or
31        who previously resided in an institution.
32        (c)  Two  voting members, appointed by the Governor, must
33    be representatives of local and non-governmental agencies and
34    private  non-profit  groups  concerned  with   services   for
 
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 1    individuals with developmental disabilities.
 2        (d)  Nine  voting members shall be the Director of Public
 3    Aid, or his or her designee; the Director of Aging, or his or
 4    her designee; the Director of Children and  Family  Services,
 5    or  his  or her designee; a representative of the State Board
 6    of Education; a representative of the  State  protection  and
 7    advocacy  system;  a  representative  of the State University
 8    Center   for   Excellence   in   Developmental   Disabilities
 9    Education, Research, and Service; and one representative from
10    each of the following offices within the Department of  Human
11    Services,  designated  by  the  Secretary  of Human Services:
12    representatives of the Office of Developmental  Disabilities,
13    and  the  Office  of  Community  Health and Prevention of the
14    Department of Human Services (as the State's lead agency  for
15    Title  V  of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.),
16    designated by the Secretary of Human Services; and the Office
17    of Rehabilitation  Services  (as  the  State's  designated  a
18    representative  of  the State entity that administers federal
19    moneys under the federal Rehabilitation Act).
20        (e)  The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or his  or
21    her designee, shall be a non-voting member of the Council.
22        (f)  The Governor must provide for the timely rotation of
23    members.
24        Appointments  to  the  Council  shall  be  for terms of 3
25    years. Appointments to fill vacancies  occurring  before  the
26    expiration  of a term shall be for the remainder of the term.
27    Members shall serve until their successors are appointed.
28        The Council, at  the  discretion  of  the  Governor,  may
29    coordinate and provide recommendations for new members to the
30    Governor based upon their review of the Council's composition
31    and   on   input   received   from  other  organizations  and
32    individuals   representing   persons    with    developmental
33    disabilities,  including  the non-State agency members of the
34    Council.  The Council must, at least once each  year,  advise
 
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 1    the  Governor  on  the  Council's membership requirements and
 2    vacancies, including rotation requirements.
 3        No member may serve for more than 2 successive terms.
 4        (g)  Members  may  not  receive  compensation  for  their
 5    services,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their  reasonable
 6    expenses plus up to  $50  per  day  for  any  loss  of  wages
 7    incurred in the performance of their duties.  A member of the
 8    Board who experiences a significant financial hardship due to
 9    the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings or while
10    otherwise  engaged in the business of the Council may be paid
11    a hardship allowance, as determined by  and  subject  to  the
12    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
13        (h)  The  total membership of the Council consists of the
14    number  of  voting  members,  as  defined  in  this  Section,
15    excluding  any  vacant  positions.   A  quorum  is  a  simple
16    majority  of  the  total  membership  and  is  sufficient  to
17    constitute the transaction of the  business  of  the  Council
18    unless otherwise stipulated in the bylaws of the Council.
19        (i)  The Council must meet at least quarterly.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

21        Section 25-170.  The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended
22    by adding Section 3.1 as follows:

23        (25 ILCS 170/3.1 new)
24        Sec.   3.1.  Prohibition   on   serving   on  boards  and
25    commissions.  Notwithstanding any other law of this State,  a
26    person required to be registered under this Act may not serve
27    on  a  board, commission, authority, or task force authorized
28    or created  by  State  law  or  by  executive  order  of  the
29    Governor;  except that this restriction does not apply to any
30    of the following:
31             (1)  a registered lobbyist serving  in  an  elective
32        public  office,  whether  elected  or appointed to fill a
 
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 1        vacancy;
 2             (2)  a  registered  lobbyist  serving  on  a   State
 3        advisory body that makes nonbinding recommendations to an
 4        agency  of  State  government  but  does not make binding
 5        recommendations  or  determinations  or  take  any  other
 6        substantive action; and
 7             (3)  a  registered  lobbyist  serving  on  a  board,
 8        council, commission,  authority,  task  force,  or  other
 9        equivalent  entity  that makes nonbinding recommendations
10        to a county, municipality, school district, or  community
11        college    district    but    does   not   make   binding
12        recommendations  or  determinations  or  take  any  other
13        substantive action.  This item (3) does not  include  any
14        special  district  or other limited purpose unit of local
15        government, except those specifically enumerated in  this
16        item (3).

17        Section  30-105.   The  State  Finance  Act is amended by
18    changing Sections 6z-50 and 12-1 and adding  Section  14c  as
19    follows:

20        (30 ILCS 105/6z-50)
21        Sec.  6z-50.  Brain  Injury  and Spinal Cord Injury Trust
22    Fund.  The Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund  is
23    created  as a special fund in the State treasury.  Subject to
24    appropriations, the Department of Human  Services  shall  use
25    moneys  in  the  Fund  to fund community-based rehabilitation
26    services programs in accordance with priorities and  criteria
27    established  by the Brain and Advisory Council on Spinal Cord
28    Injury Advisory Council and Head Injuries.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-737, eff. 6-2-00.)

30        (30 ILCS 105/12-1) (from Ch. 127, par. 148-1)
31        Sec. 12-1. Travel control boards.
 
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 1        (a)  The following travel control boards are created with
 2    the members and jurisdiction set forth below:
 3             (1)  A Travel Control Board is  created  within  the
 4        Office of the Attorney General consisting of the Attorney
 5        General  as  chairman  and  2  members of his supervisory
 6        staff  appointed  by   him.    The   board   shall   have
 7        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
 8             (2)  A  Travel  Control  Board is created within the
 9        Office  of  the  State  Comptroller  consisting  of   the
10        Comptroller  as chairman and 2 members of his supervisory
11        staff  appointed  by   him.    The   board   shall   have
12        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
13             (3)  The Higher Education Travel Control Board shall
14        consist of 11 members, one to be appointed by each of the
15        following:   the  Board  of Trustees of the University of
16        Illinois, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Southern  Illinois
17        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Chicago  State
18        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees of Eastern Illinois
19        University, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Governors  State
20        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Illinois State
21        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees   of   Northeastern
22        Illinois  University,  the  Board of Trustees of Northern
23        Illinois University, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Western
24        Illinois University, the Illinois Community College Board
25        and  the Illinois Board of Higher Education.  Each member
26        shall be an officer, member  or  employee  of  the  board
27        making  the appointment, or of an institution governed or
28        maintained  by  such  board.   The   board   shall   have
29        jurisdiction   over   travel   by  the  Board  of  Higher
30        Education, the Board of Trustees  of  the  University  of
31        Illinois,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of Southern Illinois
32        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Chicago  State
33        University, the Board of  Trustees  of  Eastern  Illinois
34        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of Governors State
 
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 1        University, the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Illinois  State
 2        University,   the   Board  of  Trustees  of  Northeastern
 3        Illinois University, the Board of  Trustees  of  Northern
 4        Illinois  University,  the  Board  of Trustees of Western
 5        Illinois  University,  the  Illinois  Community   College
 6        Board, the State Community College of East St. Louis, the
 7        Illinois   State   Scholarship   Commission,   the  State
 8        Universities  Retirement  System,  the  University  Civil
 9        Service  Merit  Board,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the
10        Illinois  Mathematics  and  Science  Academy    and   all
11        employees  of the named Boards, Commission and System and
12        of the institutions governed or maintained by  the  named
13        Boards.   The Higher Education Travel Control Board shall
14        select a chairman from among its members.
15             (4)  The  Legislative  Travel  Control  Board  shall
16        consist of the following members serving ex-officio:  The
17        Auditor  General  as  chairman,  the  President  and  the
18        Minority Leader of the Senate and  the  Speaker  and  the
19        Minority  Leader  of  the  House of Representatives.  The
20        board shall have jurisdiction over  travel  by  employees
21        of:    the   General  Assembly,  legislative  boards  and
22        commissions, the Office of the Auditor  General  and  all
23        legislative agencies.
24             (5)  A  Travel  Control  Board is created within the
25        Office of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  consisting  of  the
26        Lieutenant  Governor  as  chairman  and  2 members of his
27        supervisory staff appointed by him.  The board shall have
28        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.  The
29        Travel  Control Board within the office of the Lieutenant
30        Governor is subject to the provisions of Section  405-500
31        of  the Department of Central Management Services Law (20
32        ILCS 405/405-500).
33             (6)  A Travel Control Board is  created  within  the
34        Office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  consisting  of the
 
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 1        Secretary of State as chairman,  and  2  members  of  his
 2        supervisory staff appointed by him.  The board shall have
 3        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
 4             (7)  A  Travel  Control  Board is created within the
 5        Judicial Branch consisting of a chairman  and  2  members
 6        appointed  by  the  Supreme  Court.  The board shall have
 7        jurisdiction over travel by  personnel  of  the  Judicial
 8        Branch, except the circuit courts and the judges.
 9             (8)  A  Travel  Control  Board  is created under the
10        State  Board  of  Education,  consisting  of  the   State
11        Superintendent of Education as chairman, and 2 members of
12        his  supervisory  staff  appointed  by the State Board of
13        Education.  The Board shall have jurisdiction over travel
14        by employees of the State Board of Education.
15             (9)  A Travel Control Board is  created  within  the
16        Office  of  the  State Treasurer, consisting of the State
17        Treasurer as chairman and 2 members  of  his  supervisory
18        staff   appointed   by   him.    The   board  shall  have
19        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
20             (10)  A Governor's Travel Control Board  is  created
21        consisting  of the Governor ex-officio as chairman, and 2
22        members appointed by the Governor. The board  shall  have
23        jurisdiction over travel by employees and officers of all
24        State  agencies as defined in the Illinois State Auditing
25        Act, except for the following:  judges,  members  of  the
26        General  Assembly, elected constitutional officers of the
27        State, the  Auditor  General,  and  personnel  under  the
28        jurisdiction  of  another travel control board created by
29        statute.
30        (a-5)  The Commissioner of Banks  and  Real  Estate,  the
31    Prisoner  Review  Board,  and  the  State  Fire Marshal shall
32    submit to the Governor's Travel Control Board  the  quarterly
33    reports  required by regulation pertaining to their employees
34    reimbursed for housing.
 
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 1        (b)  Each travel control board created  by  this  Section
 2    shall  meet at the call of the chairman at least quarterly to
 3    review  all  vouchers,  or  a  report  thereof,  for   travel
 4    reimbursements  involving  an  exception  to the State Travel
 5    Regulations and  Rates.   Each  travel  control  board  shall
 6    prescribe  the  procedures  for  submission of an information
 7    copy of  vouchers  involving  an  exception  to  the  general
 8    provisions  established  by  the State Travel Regulations and
 9    Reimbursement Rates.
10        (c)  Any chairman or member of  a  travel  control  board
11    may,  with the consent of the respective appointing official,
12    designate a deputy to serve  in  his  place  at  any  or  all
13    meetings  of  the board.  The designation shall be in writing
14    and directed to the chairman of the board.
15        (d)  No member of a  travel  control  board  may  receive
16    additional compensation for his service as a member.
17        (e)  A report of the travel reimbursement claims reviewed
18    by  each  travel  control  board  shall  be  submitted to the
19    Legislative Audit Commission at least once each  quarter  and
20    that  Commission  shall  comment  on  all such reports in its
21    annual reports to the General Assembly.
22        (f)  In addition to  its  other  duties,  the  Governor's
23    Travel  Control Board shall have jurisdiction over all claims
24    for hardship allowances authorized  by  law  for  members  of
25    boards and commissions who experience a significant financial
26    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
27    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
28    board  or  commission.   The  Governor's Travel Control Board
29    shall (i) determine the eligibility of  each  claimant,  (ii)
30    adopt  procedures  for  handling  claims,  (iii)  adopt rules
31    governing the determination of eligibility and the payment of
32    claim amounts and defining a significant  change  in  income,
33    and  (iv)  make  available  to the Office of the Governor for
34    distribution to potential appointees material explaining  the
 
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 1    hardship  allowance  and  the  procedures  for  requesting  a
 2    determination of eligibility and filing a claim.
 3        The hardship allowance shall consist of a daily amount to
 4    be established by the Governor's Travel Control Board, not to
 5    exceed  $100.  A member of a board or commission who has been
 6    determined  to  be  eligible  shall  receive   the   hardship
 7    allowance  for each day on which he or she experiences a loss
 8    of income  due  to  attendance  at  a  meeting  or  otherwise
 9    engaging in the business of the board or commission.
10        A  member  or  appointee may apply for a determination or
11    redetermination of eligibility at any time.   In  determining
12    eligibility,  the  Governor's Travel Control Board shall take
13    into consideration the  member's  household  income  and  the
14    expected number of missed working days.  A determination that
15    a  member  is  eligible  shall  continue  in  effect  for the
16    member's entire term, except  that  if  the  eligible  member
17    experiences  a significant increase in household income, then
18    (1) the member must so notify the Governor's  Travel  Control
19    Board within 30 days and (2) the Board may reconsider and, if
20    appropriate, terminate the member's eligibility.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-609, eff. 6-30-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

22        (30 ILCS 105/14c new)
23        Sec.  14c.  Voluntary refusal of compensation.  Any State
24    officer  or  employee,  including  without   limitation   any
25    appointed  member  of  a board or commission, may voluntarily
26    refuse (i)  all  or  any  payment  of  the  salary  or  other
27    compensation prescribed by law for that office or employment,
28    (ii)  any  increase  in  that  salary or compensation that is
29    authorized by law, or (iii) any reimbursement for expenses to
30    which he or she is entitled by law.

31        Section 30-360.  The Rural Bond Bank Act  is  amended  by
32    changing Sections 2-2 and 2-3 as follows:
 
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 1        (30 ILCS 360/2-2) (from Ch. 17, par. 7202-2)
 2        Sec. 2-2. Bank membership.
 3        (a)  Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to
 4    be  initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
 5    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
 6    whichever  occurs later, the Bank shall consist of a board of
 7    9 commissioners, as follows:
 8             (1)  The Lieutenant Governor,  who  shall  serve  as
 9        chairman;
10             (2)  The  State  Treasurer,  who shall serve as vice
11        chairman; and
12             (3)  Seven  public  commissioners,  who   shall   be
13        residents  of  the  State,  appointed by the Governor for
14        terms  of  3  years.   At  least  3  of  those  7  public
15        commissioners shall be affiliated with a political  party
16        other than the one with which the Governor is affiliated.
17        The  term of each appointed member of the Board who is in
18    office on June 30, 2003  shall  terminate  at  the  close  of
19    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
20    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
21    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
22    whichever occurs later.
23        (a-5)  Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of  the  new
24    members  to  be initially appointed under this amendatory Act
25    of the 93rd General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the
26    Governor, whichever occurs later, the Bank shall consist of a
27    board of 7 commissioners, as follows:
28             (1)  The  Lieutenant  Governor,  who  shall serve as
29        chairman;
30             (2)  The State Treasurer, who shall  serve  as  vice
31        chairman; and
32             (3)  Five   public   commissioners,   who  shall  be
33        residents of the State, appointed  by  the  Governor  for
34        terms  of  3  years.   No  more  than  3  of those public
 
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 1        commissioners may be affiliated with the  same  political
 2        party.
 3        (a-10)  Before    entering   upon   their   duties,   all
 4    commissioners shall take and subscribe to an oath to  perform
 5    the  duties  of  office faithfully, impartially and justly to
 6    the best of their abilities.  A record of these  oaths  shall
 7    be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
 8        (b)  Each  public  commissioner shall hold office for the
 9    term of appointment and until a successor has been  appointed
10    and  qualified.   A  public  commissioner may be reappointed.
11    Any vacancy occurring other than by the expiration of a  term
12    shall  be  filled by appointment for the unexpired term.  The
13    Governor may remove a public  commissioner  from  office  for
14    cause  after  a  public  hearing.  The Governor may suspend a
15    commissioner pending the completion of this hearing.
16        (c)  The  Governor   commissioners   shall   appoint   an
17    executive  director,  who  shall also serve as both secretary
18    and treasurer.  The board  of  commissioners  shall  fix  the
19    duties of the executive director.  The powers of the Bank are
20    vested  in  the commissioners of the Bank in office from time
21    to time.  The Lieutenant Governor  and  the  State  Treasurer
22    each may designate a representative to attend meetings of the
23    commissioners  and  to  cast  those  officers' votes in their
24    absence.
25        Four Five commissioners of the Bank constitute  a  quorum
26    at    any    meeting   of   the   board   of   commissioners.
27    Representatives  of  the  Lieutenant   Governor   and   State
28    Treasurer  who  attend  commissioner  meetings and cast those
29    officers' votes shall count towards a quorum.  A commissioner
30    may participate in a meeting  by  telephone  rather  than  in
31    person  if  the  commissioner  is  unable,  due  to  illness,
32    weather, or other circumstances beyond his or her control, to
33    attend  the  meeting  in  person  and  if  the commissioner's
34    participation is not necessary to establish a quorum.  Action
 
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 1    may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the  Bank
 2    at  any  meeting  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  at  least 5
 3    commissioners.  A vacancy in the office of commissioner  does
 4    not  impair  the  right  of  a quorum of the commissioners to
 5    exercise all the powers and perform all  the  duties  of  the
 6    Bank.
 7        (d)  Before  issuing  any  bonds or notes under this Act,
 8    each public commissioner shall execute a surety bond  in  the
 9    penal  sum of $25,000, and the executive director of the Bank
10    shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of $50,000.  The
11    surety bonds shall be:
12             (1)  Conditioned  upon  faithful  performance of the
13        duties of the office of  the  commissioner  or  executive
14        director;
15             (2)  Executed  by  a  surety  company  authorized to
16        transact business in the State as surety;
17             (3)  Approved by the Attorney General; and
18             (4)  Filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
19        At all times after the Bank issues any  bonds  or  notes,
20    each  commissioner  and the executive director shall maintain
21    the surety bonds in full force and effect.   The  Bank  shall
22    bear all the costs of these surety bonds.
23    (Source: P.A. 88-471; 89-211, eff. 8-3-95.)

24        (30 ILCS 360/2-3) (from Ch. 17, par. 7202-3)
25        Sec.  2-3.  Compensation.  Each public commissioner shall
26    be reimbursed for his actual expenses incurred  in  traveling
27    to  and  from meetings of the board.  All commissioners shall
28    be reimbursed  for  their  reasonable  expenses  incurred  in
29    carrying out their duties under this Act.  A commissioner who
30    experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the loss
31    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
32    otherwise engaged in the business of the board may be paid  a
33    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
 
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 1    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
 2        Notwithstanding any other law, no officer or employee  of
 3    the  State  may  be  deemed  to have forfeited or may forfeit
 4    their office or employment or any benefits or  emoluments  of
 5    their  office  or  employment  due to accepting the office of
 6    commissioner of the  Bank  or  performing  services  in  that
 7    office.
 8        The  board of commissioners shall fix the compensation of
 9    the executive director.
10    (Source: P.A. 86-927.)

11        Section 30-500.  The Illinois Procurement Code is amended
12    by changing Sections 5-5 and 50-13 as follows:

13        (30 ILCS 500/5-5)
14        Sec. 5-5.  Procurement Policy Board.
15        (a)  Creation.  There is  created  a  Procurement  Policy
16    Board.
17        (b)  Authority  and  duties.   The  Board  shall have the
18    authority and responsibility to  review,  comment  upon,  and
19    recommend,  consistent  with  this  Code, rules and practices
20    governing the procurement, management, control, and  disposal
21    of  supplies,  services,  professional  or artistic services,
22    construction,  and  real  property  and  capital  improvement
23    leases procured by the State.  Upon a  three-fifths  vote  of
24    its  members,  the  Board  may  review  a  contract.   Upon a
25    three-fifths vote of  its  members,  the  Board  may  propose
26    procurement  rules  for  consideration  by  chief procurement
27    officers.  These proposals shall be published in each  volume
28    of the Procurement Bulletin.  Except as otherwise provided by
29    law,  the  Board shall act upon the vote of a majority of its
30    members who have been appointed and are serving.
31        (c)  Members.  The  Board  shall  consist  of  5  members
32    appointed  one  each  by  the  4  legislative leaders and the
 
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 1    Governor.  The member appointed by the Governor shall be  the
 2    Chairman  of  the Board.  Each member shall have demonstrated
 3    sufficient business or professional experience in the area of
 4    procurement to perform the functions of the Board.  No member
 5    may be a member of the General Assembly.
 6        (d)  Terms.  Of  the  initial  appointees,  the  Governor
 7    shall  designate one member, as Chairman, to serve a one-year
 8    term, the President of the Senate  and  the  Speaker  of  the
 9    House  shall  each  appoint one member to serve 3-year terms,
10    and the Minority Leader of the House and the Minority  Leader
11    of  the  Senate shall each appoint one member to serve 2-year
12    terms.  Subsequent terms shall be 4 years.   Members  may  be
13    reappointed for succeeding terms.
14        Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Section, the
15    term of each member of the Board who is in office on June 30,
16    2003 shall terminate at the close of business on  that  date.
17    As soon as possible, the appointing authorities shall appoint
18    persons to fill the vacancies created by this amendatory Act.
19        (e)  Reimbursement.     Members    shall    receive    no
20    compensation   but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  any  expenses
21    reasonably incurred in the performance of  their  duties.   A
22    member  of  the Board who experiences a significant financial
23    hardship due to the loss of income on days of  attendance  at
24    meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the
25    Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by  and
26    subject  to  the  approval  of  the Governor's Travel Control
27    Board.
28        (f)  Staff support.  Upon  a  three-fifths  vote  of  its
29    members, the Board may employ an executive director.  Subject
30    to  appropriation,  the  Board  also  may  have up to 3 staff
31    persons.  Other support services shall  be  provided  by  the
32    chief procurement officers.
33        (g)  Meetings.   Meetings  of  the Board may be conducted
34    telephonically, electronically, or through the use  of  other
 
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 1    telecommunications.   Written  minutes of such meetings shall
 2    be created and available for public inspection and copying.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)

 4        (30 ILCS 500/50-13)
 5        Sec. 50-13.  Conflicts of interest.
 6        (a)  Prohibition.  It is unlawful for any person  holding
 7    an  elective  office  in  this  State,  holding a seat in the
 8    General Assembly, or appointed to or employed in any  of  the
 9    offices  or  agencies  of  State  government and who receives
10    compensation for such employment in  excess  of  60%  of  the
11    salary of the Governor of the State of Illinois, or who is an
12    officer  or  employee of the Capital Development Board or the
13    Illinois Toll Highway Authority, or  who  is  the  spouse  or
14    minor  child  of  any  such  person  to  have  or acquire any
15    contract, or any direct pecuniary interest  in  any  contract
16    therein,  whether  for  stationery,  printing,  paper, or any
17    services, materials, or supplies,  that  will  be  wholly  or
18    partially  satisfied  by the payment of funds appropriated by
19    the General Assembly of the  State  of  Illinois  or  in  any
20    contract  of  the  Capital  Development Board or the Illinois
21    Toll Highway Authority.
22        (b)  Interests.    It   is   unlawful   for   any   firm,
23    partnership, association, or corporation, in which any person
24    listed in subsection (a) is entitled to receive (i) more than
25    7 1/2% of the total distributable income or (ii) an amount in
26    excess of the salary of the Governor, to have or acquire  any
27    such contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.
28        (c)  Combined  interests.   It  is unlawful for any firm,
29    partnership, association, or corporation, in which any person
30    listed in subsection (a) together with his or her  spouse  or
31    minor  children  is entitled to receive (i) more than 15%, in
32    the aggregate, of the total distributable income or  (ii)  an
33    amount  in  excess  of 2 times the salary of the Governor, to
 
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 1    have  or  acquire  any  such  contract  or  direct  pecuniary
 2    interest therein.
 3        (c-5)  Appointees.  In addition to subsection (a), it  is
 4    unlawful  for  an  appointed  member  of a board, commission,
 5    authority, or task force authorized or created by State  law,
 6    the spouse of the appointee, or an immediate family member of
 7    the  appointee living in the appointee's residence to have or
 8    acquire a contract or have  or  acquire  a  direct  pecuniary
 9    interest  in  a  contract  with the State that relates to the
10    board, commission, authority, or task force of  which  he  or
11    she  is  an  appointee  during  and  for  one  year after the
12    conclusion of the person's term of office.
13        (c-10)  Firms  of  appointees.   It  is  unlawful  for  a
14    partnership, association, or corporation in  which  a  person
15    subject   to  subsection  (c-5)  has  majority  ownership  or
16    managerial responsibility to have or acquire a contract or  a
17    direct   pecuniary  interest  in  a  contract  prohibited  by
18    subsection (c-5) during and for one year after the conclusion
19    of the person's term of office.
20        (d)  Securities.  Nothing in this Section invalidates the
21    provisions of any bond or other security  previously  offered
22    or  to  be  offered  for  sale or sold by or for the State of
23    Illinois.
24        (e)  Prior interests.  This Section does not  affect  the
25    validity  of  any  contract  made  between  the  State and an
26    officer or employee of the State or  member  of  the  General
27    Assembly,  his or her spouse, minor child, or other immediate
28    family  member  living  in  his  or  her  residence  or   any
29    combination   of  those  persons  if  that  contract  was  in
30    existence before his or her  election  or  employment  as  an
31    officer,  member,  or  employee.   The  contract is voidable,
32    however, if it cannot be completed within 365 days after  the
33    officer, member, or employee takes office or is employed.
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 1             (1)  Public  aid  payments.   This  Section does not
 2        apply to payments made for a public aid recipient.
 3             (2)  Teaching.  This Section does  not  apply  to  a
 4        contract  for  personal  services  as a teacher or school
 5        administrator between a member of the General Assembly or
 6        his or her spouse, or a State officer or employee or  his
 7        or  her spouse, and any school district, public community
 8        college district, the University  of  Illinois,  Southern
 9        Illinois  University,  Illinois State University, Eastern
10        Illinois  University,   Northern   Illinois   University,
11        Western  Illinois  University,  Chicago State University,
12        Governor  State  University,  or  Northeastern   Illinois
13        University.
14             (3)  Ministerial  duties.   This  Section  does  not
15        apply  to  a  contract  for personal services of a wholly
16        ministerial  character,  including  but  not  limited  to
17        services as a laborer, clerk, typist, stenographer, page,
18        bookkeeper,  receptionist,   or   telephone   switchboard
19        operator,  made by a spouse or minor child of an elective
20        or appointive State officer or employee or of a member of
21        the General Assembly.
22             (4)  Child and family services.  This  Section  does
23        not  apply  to  payments  made to a member of the General
24        Assembly, a State officer or employee, his or her  spouse
25        or  minor  child  acting  as  a foster parent, homemaker,
26        advocate, or volunteer for or in behalf  of  a  child  or
27        family  served  by  the Department of Children and Family
28        Services.
29             (5)  Licensed professionals. Contracts with licensed
30        professionals, provided they  are  competitively  bid  or
31        part  of  a reimbursement program for specific, customary
32        goods and services through the Department of Children and
33        Family Services, the Department of  Human  Services,  the
34        Department  of  Public  Aid,  the  Department  of  Public
 
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 1        Health, or the Department on Aging.
 2        (g)  Penalty.  A  person convicted of a violation of this
 3    Section is guilty of a business offense and  shall  be  fined
 4    not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. 2-6-98.)

 6        Section  35-200.   The  Property  Tax  Code is amended by
 7    changing Sections 7-5, 7-10, and 7-15 as follows:

 8        (35 ILCS 200/7-5)
 9        Sec. 7-5.  Creation of Property Tax  Appeal  Board.   The
10    Property   Tax  Appeal  Board  shall  consist  of  5  members
11    appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
12    Senate.  The Governor, with the advice  and  consent  of  the
13    Senate,  shall  designate  one  of  the  members  to serve as
14    Chairman.  The Property Tax Appeal  Board  shall  be  totally
15    independent  of the Department.  A vacancy on the Board shall
16    be filled in the same manner  as  original  appointments  are
17    made.
18    (Source: P.A. 87-1189; 88-455.)

19        (35 ILCS 200/7-10)
20        Sec.  7-10.  Selection of members; expenses.  The members
21    of the Property Tax Appeal Board shall be qualified by virtue
22    of 5 years experience and training in  the  field  of  public
23    finance administration, at least 2 years of which shall be in
24    the   field   of   property   appraisal   and   property  tax
25    administration.  No more than 3 members of the Board  may  be
26    members of the same political party.
27        The  members  of  the  Property  Tax  Appeal  Board shall
28    receive an annual salary of $39,000 for their service on  the
29    Board,  and  they  may  be  reimbursed  for  their  necessary
30    expenses  incurred  in the course of their duties.  Beginning
31    July  1,  2004,  these  salaries  may  be  adjusted  by   the
 
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 1    Compensation  Review Board.  The Chairman of the Property Tax
 2    Appeal Board shall receive $28,000 per year, or an amount set
 3    by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is  greater;  and
 4    each  other  member  of  the  Board shall receive $22,500 per
 5    year, or an amount set  by  the  Compensation  Review  Board,
 6    whichever is greater.
 7        Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Section, the
 8    term of each member of the Board who  was  appointed  by  the
 9    Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
10    the  close  of  business  on  that  date  or  when all of the
11    successor members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory
12    Act of the 93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the
13    Governor,  whichever  occurs later.  As soon as possible, the
14    Governor shall appoint persons to fill the vacancies  created
15    by this amendatory Act.
16        Of  the 5 members of the Board first appointed under this
17    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the terms  of  2
18    members  shall  expire  on  the third Monday in January, 2009
19    1995; the term of 2 members shall expire on the third  Monday
20    in  January,  2007  1997;  and  the  term of one member shall
21    expire  on  the  third  Monday   in   January,   2005   1999.
22    Thereafter,  members  shall be appointed in each odd-numbered
23    year for a 6 year term commencing  on  the  third  Monday  in
24    January  of  such  year.   Each  member  shall  serve until a
25    successor is appointed and qualified.
26    (Source: P.A. 84-1240; 88-455.)

27        (35 ILCS 200/7-15)
28        Sec. 7-15.  Employees.  The Board shall have an Executive
29    Director, who shall be appointed by the Governor.  The salary
30    and duties of the Executive Director shall be  fixed  by  the
31    Board.
32        The  Property  Tax  Appeal Board shall choose a person to
33    serve as clerk of the Board.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 80-601; 88-455.)

 2        Section 40-5.  The Illinois Pension Code  is  amended  by
 3    changing Sections 22A-109 and 22A-110 as follows:

 4        (40 ILCS 5/22A-109) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22A-109)
 5        Sec.  22A-109.  Membership  of  board.   The  board shall
 6    consist of the following  members:   (a)  ex-officio  members
 7    consisting  of  the  State  Treasurer and the Chairman of the
 8    board of trustees of each pension fund or retirement  system,
 9    other  than pension funds covered by Articles 3 and 4 of this
10    Code, whose investment functions have been transferred to the
11    jurisdiction of this board; and (b) 5  members  appointed  by
12    the  Governor  with  the  approval of the Senate, one of whom
13    shall be a senior citizen age 60  or  over.   The  appointive
14    members shall serve for terms of 4 years.
15        Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Section, the
16    term of each member of the board who  was  appointed  by  the
17    Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
18    the  close  of  business  on  that  date  or  when all of the
19    successor members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory
20    Act of the 93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the
21    Governor,  whichever  occurs later.  As soon as possible, the
22    Governor shall appoint persons to fill the vacancies  created
23    by  this  amendatory Act.  except that The terms of office of
24    the original appointive members first  appointed  under  this
25    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly shall be as
26    follows:  One member for a term of one 1  year; one 1  member
27    for  a  term  of 2 years; one 1 member for a term of 3 years;
28    and one 1 member for a term of 4  years.   The  member  first
29    appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a
30    term of 4 years.
31        Vacancies  among  the  appointive members shall be filled
32    for unexpired terms by appointment  in  like  manner  as  for
 
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 1    original  appointments, and appointive members shall continue
 2    in office until their successors have been appointed and have
 3    qualified.
 4        Ex-officio members who  cannot  attend  meetings  of  the
 5    board  or  its  committees  may  respectively  designate  one
 6    appropriate  proxy  from  within  the  office  of  the  State
 7    Treasurer  or  the trustees of the pension fund or retirement
 8    system, which proxy shall have the same powers and  authority
 9    as the ex-officio member being represented, but no member may
10    designate  a  different  proxy within one year after his last
11    designation of a proxy unless the person last  so  designated
12    has become ineligible to serve in that capacity.
13        Each  person  appointed  to  membership  shall qualify by
14    taking an oath  of  office  before  the  Secretary  of  State
15    stating  that  he will diligently and honestly administer the
16    affairs of the board and will not violate or knowingly permit
17    the violation of any provisions of this Article.
18        Members of the board shall receive no salary for  service
19    on  the  board  but  shall  be reimbursed for travel expenses
20    incurred while on business for the  board  according  to  the
21    standards  in  effect for members of the Illinois Legislative
22    Research Unit.  A member  of  the  board  who  experiences  a
23    significant  financial  hardship due to the loss of income on
24    days of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged  in
25    the  business  of the board may be paid a hardship allowance,
26    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
27    Governor's Travel Control Board.
28        A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a
29    quorum.
30        The  Governor  shall  appoint  one  of the members of the
31    board to serve as chairman, who shall preside  over  meetings
32    of  the  board.   The  board shall elect from its membership,
33    biennially,  a  Chairman,  Vice  Chairman  and  a   Recording
34    Secretary.   These  officers,  together with one other member
 
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 1    elected  by  the  board,  shall  constitute   the   executive
 2    committee.   During  the  interim between regular meetings of
 3    the board, the executive committee shall  have  authority  to
 4    conduct  all  business  of  the  board  and shall report such
 5    business conducted at the next following meeting of the board
 6    for ratification.
 7        No member of the board shall have  any  interest  in  any
 8    brokerage fee, commission or other profit or gain arising out
 9    of any investment made by the board.  This paragraph does not
10    preclude  ownership by any member of any minority interest in
11    any  common  stock  or  any  corporate  obligation  in  which
12    investment is made by the board.
13        The board shall contract for a blanket fidelity  bond  in
14    the penal sum of not less than $1,000,000.00 to cover members
15    of  the  board,  the  director and all other employees of the
16    board conditioned for the faithful performance of the  duties
17    of  their  respective  offices, the premium on which shall be
18    paid by the board.  The bond shall be filed  with  the  State
19    Treasurer for safekeeping.
20    (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)

21        (40 ILCS 5/22A-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22A-110)
22        Sec. 22A-110.  Administration.
23        (a)  The  board  shall  have  a  director,  who  shall be
24    appointed by the Governor.  The  salary  and  duties  of  the
25    director  shall  be  fixed  by  the  board.   The board shall
26    appoint a director shall to administer  the  affairs  of  the
27    board  subject  to  and  under  its  supervision  and fix his
28    compensation.  The board may appoint investment officers  and
29    fix  their compensation.  With the approval of the board, the
30    director may employ such personnel, professional or clerical,
31    as  may  be  desirable  and  fix  their  compensation.    The
32    appointment  and compensation of the personnel other than the
33    director and investment officers  shall  be  subject  to  the
 
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 1    Personnel Code.
 2        (b)  The  board may adopt such rules and regulations (not
 3    inconsistent with  this  Article)  as  in  its  judgment  are
 4    desirable  to implement and properly administer this Article.
 5    A copy thereof shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
 6        (c)  The board may exercise any of the powers granted  to
 7    boards  of  trustees of pension funds under Sections 1-107 or
 8    1-108 of this Act, and may  by  resolution  provide  for  the
 9    indemnification  of  its  members  and  any of its directors,
10    officers, advisors or employees in a manner  consistent  with
11    those  Sections.    No  such  resolution  adopted on or after
12    September 27, 1977 shall be deemed  invalid  for  the  reason
13    that  it  was  adopted  prior  to  the effective date of this
14    amendatory Act of 1983.
15        (d)  An  office  for  meetings  of  the  board  and   for
16    administrative personnel shall be established at any suitable
17    place  within the State as may be selected by the board.  All
18    books and records of the board shall be kept in such office.
19    (Source: P.A. 83-974.)

20        Section  70-3205.    The   Illinois   Sports   Facilities
21    Authority  Act is amended by changing Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7
22    as follows:

23        (70 ILCS 3205/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6004)
24        Sec. 4.  Creation of Authority.  There is hereby  created
25    a  political  subdivision,  unit  of  local  government, body
26    politic and municipal corporation by the name  and  style  of
27    the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.
28        The  governing and administrative powers of the Authority
29    shall be vested in  a  body  known  as  the  Illinois  Sports
30    Facilities  Authority  Board.    The Board shall consist of 7
31    members, a Chairman who shall be appointed  by  the  Governor
32    subject  to the approval of the Mayor of the City of Chicago,
 
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 1    3 other members shall be appointed by  the  Governor,  and  3
 2    members  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  of the City of
 3    Chicago.   All  gubernatorial  appointments,  including   the
 4    Chairman,  shall  be subject to the advice and consent of the
 5    Senate, except in  the  case  of  temporary  appointments  as
 6    provided  in  Section  5  of  this  Act.   No member shall be
 7    employed by the State or any  political  subdivision  of  the
 8    State or of any department or agency thereof.
 9    (Source: P.A. 85-8.)

10        (70 ILCS 3205/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 6005)
11        Sec.  5. Terms of Appointments.  On the effective date of
12    this Act, the Governor shall appoint 3 members of  the  Board
13    for initial terms expiring July 1 of the years 1988, 1989 and
14    1990, respectively and the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall
15    appoint  3  members  of  the Board for initial terms expiring
16    July 1 of the years 1988, 1989 and  1990,  respectively.   At
17    the  expiration  of  the  term of any member appointed by the
18    Governor, his successor shall be appointed by the Governor in
19    like manner, and at the expiration of the term of any  member
20    appointed  by the Mayor of the City of Chicago, his successor
21    shall be appointed by the Mayor of the  City  of  Chicago  in
22    like  manner,  as  appointments  for  the initial terms.  All
23    successors shall hold office for a term of 3 years  from  the
24    first  day  of  July of the year in which they are appointed,
25    except in case of an  appointment  to  fill  a  vacancy.  The
26    initial  Chairman  shall  serve  in  that capacity for a term
27    expiring July 1, 1991.  All subsequent  Chairmen  shall  hold
28    office  for  a  term  of  3 years. Each member, including the
29    Chairman, shall hold office until the expiration of his  term
30    and  until  his successor is appointed and qualified. Nothing
31    shall  preclude  a  member  or  a   chairman   from   serving
32    consecutive   terms.   Vacancies  for  members  and  for  the
33    Chairman shall be filled  in  the  same  manner  as  original
 
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 1    appointments for the balance of the unexpired term.
 2        In  case of a vacancy in the office of the chairman or of
 3    any of the three  members  of  the  Board  appointed  by  the
 4    Governor  during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall
 5    make a temporary appointment until the next  meeting  of  the
 6    Senate,  when  he  shall  appoint  some  person  to fill such
 7    office.  Any person so appointed  who  is  confirmed  by  the
 8    Senate shall hold office during the remainder of the term and
 9    until  his successor is appointed and qualified.  The initial
10    appointments by the Governor, including the  chairman,  shall
11    be  effective  immediately,  but  shall  remain  in effect no
12    longer than 30 calendar days after commencement of  the  next
13    Senate  session  unless  the  appointee  is  confirmed by the
14    Senate within that time.   The  appointment  of  the  initial
15    chairman  by the Governor shall be subject to the approval of
16    the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
17        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,  the
18    term  of  each  member  of the Board who was appointed by the
19    Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
20    the close of business  on  that  date  or  when  all  of  the
21    successor members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory
22    Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly have been appointed by the
23    Governor, whichever occurs later.  As soon as  possible,  the
24    Governor  shall appoint persons to fill the vacancies created
25    by this amendatory Act.   The  Chairman  initially  appointed
26    under  this  provision  shall serve for a term ending July 1,
27    2006.  Of the  remaining  3  initial  appointees  under  this
28    provision,  one  each shall serve for a term ending on July 1
29    of 2004, 2005, and 2006.
30    (Source: P.A. 85-8.)

31        (70 ILCS 3205/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 6006)
32        Sec. 6.  Actions of Members.
33        (A)  Four members of the Authority  constitute  a  quorum
 
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 1    for  the  purpose  of  conducting  business.   Actions of the
 2    Authority must receive the affirmative vote of at least  four
 3    members.   The Authority shall determine the times and places
 4    of its meetings.
 5        The  members  of  the  Authority  shall   serve   without
 6    compensation  for  service  as  a member, but are entitled to
 7    reimbursement  of  reasonable  expenses   incurred   in   the
 8    performance  of their official duties.  A member of the Board
 9    who experiences a significant financial hardship due  to  the
10    loss  of  income  on  days of attendance at meetings or while
11    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
12    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
13    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
14        (B)  The Authority shall annually elect a secretary and a
15    treasurer.  An executive committee made up of three  members,
16    comprised  of  the  Chairman, one member who was appointed by
17    the Governor and one member who was appointed by the Mayor of
18    Chicago shall have the authority to operate the Authority  on
19    a  day-to-day basis, with the powers and duties determined by
20    the Bylaws of the Authority.
21    (Source: P.A. 85-8.)

22        (70 ILCS 3205/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 6007)
23        Sec. 7.  Executive Director.  The  Governor,  subject  to
24    the  approval  of the Mayor of the City of Chicago, Authority
25    shall appoint an Executive Director,  who  shall  be  is  the
26    chief executive officer of the Authority.
27        In  addition  to  any other duties set forth in this Act,
28    the Executive Director shall:
29        (1)  Direct and supervise the administrative affairs  and
30    activities  of  the  Authority, in accordance with its rules,
31    regulations, and policies;
32        (2)  Attend meetings of the Authority;
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 1        (4)  Approve  all  accounts  for   salaries,   per   diem
 2    payments,  and  allowable  expenses  of the Authority and its
 3    employees and consultants and approve all expenses incidental
 4    to the operation of the Authority;
 5        (5)  Report and make recommendations to the Authority  on
 6    the merits and status of any proposed facility; and
 7        (6)  Perform  any  other duty that the Authority requires
 8    for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 84-1470.)

10        Section 105-5. The School Code  is  amended  by  changing
11    Section 14-11.02 as follows:

12        (105 ILCS 5/14-11.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-11.02)
13        Sec.  14-11.02.   Notwithstanding  any  other Sections of
14    this Article, the State Board of Education shall develop  and
15    operate or contract for the operation of a service center for
16    persons who are deaf-blind.  For the purpose of this Section,
17    persons   with  deaf-blindness  are  persons  who  have  both
18    auditory and visual impairments,  the  combination  of  which
19    causes  such  severe  communication  and other developmental,
20    educational, vocational and rehabilitation problems that such
21    persons cannot be properly accommodated in special  education
22    or vocational rehabilitation programs solely for persons with
23    both hearing and visual disabilities.
24        To  be  eligible  for  deaf-blind services, a person must
25    have (i) a visual impairment and an auditory  impairment,  or
26    (ii)  a  condition  in  which  there is a progressive loss of
27    hearing or vision or both that results in concomitant  vision
28    and   hearing   impairments   and   that   adversely  affects
29    educational    performance    as    determined     by     the
30    multidisciplinary  conference. For purposes of this paragraph
31    and Section:
32             (A)  A visual impairment is defined to mean  one  or
 
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 1        more of the following: (i) corrected visual acuity poorer
 2        than  20/70  in  the  better  eye; (ii) restricted visual
 3        field of 20 degrees or less  in  the  better  eye;  (iii)
 4        cortical  blindness;  (iv)  does not appear to respond to
 5        visual stimulation, which adversely  affects  educational
 6        performance   as   determined  by  the  multidisciplinary
 7        conference.
 8             (B)  An auditory impairment is defined to  mean  one
 9        or  more of the following: (i) a sensorineural or ongoing
10        or chronic conductive hearing loss with aided sensitivity
11        of 30dB HL or poorer; (ii) functional  auditory  behavior
12        that   is  significantly  discrepant  from  the  person's
13        present  cognitive  and/or  developmental  levels,  which
14        adversely affects educational performance  as  determined
15        by the multidisciplinary conference.
16        The  State  Board of Education is empowered to establish,
17    maintain and operate or  contract  for  the  operation  of  a
18    permanent  state-wide  service  center known as the Philip J.
19    Rock Center and School.  The School serves eligible  children
20    between  the  ages  of  3  and 21; the Center serves eligible
21    persons of all ages. Services provided by the Center include,
22    but are not limited to:
23             (1)  Identifying and case management of persons  who
24        are auditorily and visually impaired;
25             (2)  Providing families with appropriate counseling;
26             (3)  Referring   persons   who   are  deaf-blind  to
27        appropriate agencies for medical and diagnostic services;
28             (4)  Referring  persons  who   are   deaf-blind   to
29        appropriate  agencies  for educational, training and care
30        services;
31             (5)  Developing and  expanding  services  throughout
32        the  State  to  persons  who  are  deaf-blind.  This will
33        include ancillary services,  such  as  transportation  so
34        that  the  individuals can take advantage of the expanded
 
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 1        services;
 2             (6)  Maintaining a residential-educational  training
 3        facility  in  the Chicago metropolitan area located in an
 4        area accessible to public transportation;
 5             (7)  Receiving, dispensing, and monitoring State and
 6        Federal funds to the School  and  Center  designated  for
 7        services to persons who are deaf-blind;
 8             (8)  Coordinating   services   to  persons  who  are
 9        deaf-blind through all  appropriate  agencies,  including
10        the  Department  of  Children and Family Services and the
11        Department of Human Services;
12             (9)  Entering into contracts with other agencies  to
13        provide services to persons who are deaf-blind;
14             (10)  Operating   on   a   no-reject   basis.    Any
15        individual   referred  to  the  Center  for  service  and
16        diagnosed as deaf-blind, as defined in  this  Act,  shall
17        qualify for available services;
18             (11)  Serving  as the referral clearinghouse for all
19        persons who are deaf-blind, age 21 and older; and
20             (12)  Providing transition services for students  of
21        Philip  J. Rock School who are deaf-blind and between the
22        ages of 14 1/2 and 21.
23        The Advisory Board  for  Services  for  Persons  who  are
24    Deaf-Blind  shall  provide advice to the State Superintendent
25    of Education, the Governor, and the General Assembly  on  all
26    matters  pertaining  to  policy  concerning  persons  who are
27    deaf-blind,  including  the  implementation  of   legislation
28    enacted on their behalf.
29        Regarding   the   maintenance,  operation  and  education
30    functions of the  Philip  J.  Rock  Center  and  School,  the
31    Advisory  Board shall also make recommendations pertaining to
32    but not limited to the following matters:
33             (1)  Existing and proposed  programs  of  all  State
34        agencies  that  provide  services  for  persons  who  are
 
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 1        deaf-blind;
 2             (2)  The   State  program  and  financial  plan  for
 3        deaf-blind services and the system of  priorities  to  be
 4        developed by the State Board of Education;
 5             (3)  Standards  for  services  in facilities serving
 6        persons who are deaf-blind;
 7             (4)  Standards and rates for State payments for  any
 8        services purchased for persons who are deaf-blind;
 9             (5)  Services  and  research activities in the field
10        of deaf-blindness, including evaluation of services; and
11             (6)  Planning   for   personnel/preparation,    both
12        preservice and inservice.
13        The  Advisory  Board shall consist of 3 persons appointed
14    by  the  Governor;  2  persons   appointed   by   the   State
15    Superintendent  of  Education;  4  persons  appointed  by the
16    Secretary of Human Services; and 2 persons appointed  by  the
17    Director of Children and Family Services.  The 3 appointments
18    of the Governor shall consist of a senior citizen 60 years of
19    age or older, a consumer who is deaf-blind, and a parent of a
20    person  who is deaf-blind; provided that if any gubernatorial
21    appointee serving on the Advisory Board on the effective date
22    of this amendatory Act of 1991 is not either a senior citizen
23    60 years of age or older or a consumer who is deaf-blind or a
24    parent of a person who  is  deaf-blind,  then  whenever  that
25    appointee's  term  of  office  expires  or  a vacancy in that
26    appointee's office sooner occurs, the Governor shall make the
27    appointment to fill that office or vacancy in a  manner  that
28    will result, at the earliest possible time, in the Governor's
29    appointments  to  the  Advisory  Board being comprised of one
30    senior citizen 60 years of age or older, one consumer who  is
31    deaf-blind,  and  one  parent  of a person who is deaf-blind.
32    One  person  designated  by  each  agency  other   than   the
33    Department  of  Human  Services  may  be  an employee of that
34    agency.  Two persons appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  Human
 
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 1    Services   may  be  employees  of  the  Department  of  Human
 2    Services.  The  appointments  of  each  appointing  authority
 3    other  than the Governor shall include at least one parent of
 4    an  individual  who  is  deaf-blind  or  a  person   who   is
 5    deaf-blind.
 6        Vacancies  in  terms  shall  be  filled  by  the original
 7    appointing authority. After the  original  terms,  all  terms
 8    shall be for 3 years.
 9        Except  for  those  members of the Advisory Board who are
10    compensated for State service on a full-time  basis,  members
11    shall  be  reimbursed for all actual expenses incurred in the
12    performance  of  their  duties.   Each  member  who  is   not
13    compensated  for  State  service on a full-time basis and who
14    experiences a significant financial hardship due to the  loss
15    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
16    otherwise  engaged  in the business of the Advisory Board may
17    be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
18    the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board. shall be
19    compensated at a rate of $50  per  day  which  he  spends  on
20    Advisory Board duties.
21        The  Advisory  Board shall meet at least 4 times per year
22    and not more than 12 times per year.
23        The  Advisory   Board   shall   provide   for   its   own
24    organization.
25        Six  members  of  the  Advisory  Board shall constitute a
26    quorum.  The affirmative vote of a majority of all members of
27    the Advisory Board shall be necessary for any action taken by
28    the Advisory Board.
29    (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff.  12-2-94;  89-397,  eff.  8-20-95;
30    89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

31        Section   110-520.    The  Southern  Illinois  University
32    Management Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
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 1        (110 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 654)
 2        Sec.  4.   Members  of  the  Board  shall  serve  without
 3    compensation but shall be entitled to reasonable amounts  for
 4    expenses  necessarily  incurred  in  the performance of their
 5    duties.  Such expenses incurred  by  any  non-voting  student
 6    member  may,  at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board,
 7    be provided for by advance payment to such member, who  shall
 8    account therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
 9        No  member  of  the Board shall hold or be employed in or
10    appointed to any office or place under the authority  of  the
11    Board,  nor  shall  any  member  of  the Board be directly or
12    indirectly interested in any contract made by the Board,  nor
13    shall  he  be an employee of the State or Federal Government.
14    This Section does not prohibit the  student  members  of  the
15    Board from maintaining normal and official status as enrolled
16    students  or  normal  student employment at Southern Illinois
17    University.
18    (Source: P.A. 79-932.)

19        Section 110-660.  The Chicago  State  University  Law  is
20    amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:

21        (110 ILCS 660/5-20)
22        Sec.    5-20.  Reimbursement;   employment   limitations.
23    Members of the Board shall  serve  without  compensation  but
24    shall   be   entitled  to  reasonable  amounts  for  expenses
25    necessarily incurred in  the  performance  of  their  duties.
26    Such  expenses  incurred  by  the  student member may, at the
27    discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be provided  for  by
28    advance  payment  to  the  student  member, who shall account
29    therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
30        No member of the Board shall hold or be  employed  in  or
31    appointed  to  any office or place under the authority of the
32    Board, nor shall any member  of  the  Board  be  directly  or
 
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 1    indirectly  interested in any contract made by the Board, nor
 2    shall he be an employee of the State or  Federal  Government;
 3    provided  that  nothing  in  this  Section shall be deemed to
 4    prohibit the student member of  the  Board  from  maintaining
 5    normal  and  official status as an enrolled student or normal
 6    student employment at Chicago State University.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

 8        Section 110-665.  The Eastern Illinois University Law  is
 9    amended by changing Section 10-20 as follows:

10        (110 ILCS 665/10-20)
11        Sec.   10-20.  Reimbursement;   employment   limitations.
12    Members  of  the  Board  shall serve without compensation but
13    shall  be  entitled  to  reasonable  amounts   for   expenses
14    necessarily  incurred  in  the  performance  of their duties.
15    Such expenses incurred by the  student  member  may,  at  the
16    discretion  of  the Chairman of the Board, be provided for by
17    advance payment to the  student  member,  who  shall  account
18    therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
19        No  member  of  the Board shall hold or be employed in or
20    appointed to any office or place under the authority  of  the
21    Board,  nor  shall  any  member  of  the Board be directly or
22    indirectly interested in any contract made by the Board,  nor
23    shall  he  be an employee of the State or Federal Government;
24    provided that nothing in this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to
25    prohibit  the  student  member  of the Board from maintaining
26    normal and official status as an enrolled student  or  normal
27    student employment at Eastern Illinois University.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

29        Section  110-670.   The Governors State University Law is
30    amended by changing Section 15-20 as follows:
 
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 1        (110 ILCS 670/15-20)
 2        Sec.   15-20.  Reimbursement;   employment   limitations.
 3    Members of the Board shall  serve  without  compensation  but
 4    shall   be   entitled  to  reasonable  amounts  for  expenses
 5    necessarily incurred in  the  performance  of  their  duties.
 6    Such  expenses  incurred  by  the  student member may, at the
 7    discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be provided  for  by
 8    advance  payment  to  the  student  member, who shall account
 9    therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
10        No member of the Board shall hold or be  employed  in  or
11    appointed  to  any office or place under the authority of the
12    Board, nor shall any member  of  the  Board  be  directly  or
13    indirectly  interested in any contract made by the Board, nor
14    shall he be an employee of the State or  Federal  Government;
15    provided  that  nothing  in  this  Section shall be deemed to
16    prohibit the student member of  the  Board  from  maintaining
17    normal  and  official status as an enrolled student or normal
18    student employment at Governors State University.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

20        Section 110-675.  The Illinois State  University  Law  is
21    amended by changing Section 20-20 as follows:

22        (110 ILCS 675/20-20)
23        Sec.   20-20.  Reimbursement;   employment   limitations.
24    Members  of  the  Board  shall serve without compensation but
25    shall  be  entitled  to  reasonable  amounts   for   expenses
26    necessarily  incurred  in  the  performance  of their duties.
27    Such expenses incurred by the  student  member  may,  at  the
28    discretion  of  the Chairman of the Board, be provided for by
29    advance payment to the  student  member,  who  shall  account
30    therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
31        No  member  of  the Board shall hold or be employed in or
32    appointed to any office or place under the authority  of  the
 
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 1    Board,  nor  shall  any  member  of  the Board be directly or
 2    indirectly interested in any contract made by the Board,  nor
 3    shall  he  be an employee of the State or Federal Government;
 4    provided that nothing in this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to
 5    prohibit  the  student  member  of the Board from maintaining
 6    normal and official status as an enrolled student  or  normal
 7    student employment at Illinois State University.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

 9        Section  110-680.   The  Northeastern Illinois University
10    Law is amended by changing Section 25-20 as follows:

11        (110 ILCS 680/25-20)
12        Sec.   25-20.  Reimbursement;   employment   limitations.
13    Members of the Board shall  serve  without  compensation  but
14    shall   be   entitled  to  reasonable  amounts  for  expenses
15    necessarily incurred in  the  performance  of  their  duties.
16    Such  expenses  incurred  by  the  student member may, at the
17    discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be provided  for  by
18    advance  payment  to  the  student  member, who shall account
19    therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
20        No member of the Board shall hold or be  employed  in  or
21    appointed  to  any office or place under the authority of the
22    Board, nor shall any member  of  the  Board  be  directly  or
23    indirectly  interested in any contract made by the Board, nor
24    shall he be an employee of the State or  Federal  Government;
25    provided  that  nothing  in  this  Section shall be deemed to
26    prohibit the student member of  the  Board  from  maintaining
27    normal  and  official status as an enrolled student or normal
28    student employment at Northeastern Illinois University.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

30        Section 110-685.  The Northern Illinois University Law is
31    amended by changing Section 30-20 as follows:
 
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 1        (110 ILCS 685/30-20)
 2        Sec.   30-20.  Reimbursement;   employment   limitations.
 3    Members of the Board shall  serve  without  compensation  but
 4    shall   be   entitled  to  reasonable  amounts  for  expenses
 5    necessarily incurred in  the  performance  of  their  duties.
 6    Such  expenses  incurred  by  the  student member may, at the
 7    discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be provided  for  by
 8    advance  payment  to  the  student  member, who shall account
 9    therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
10        No member of the Board shall hold or be  employed  in  or
11    appointed  to  any office or place under the authority of the
12    Board, nor shall any member  of  the  Board  be  directly  or
13    indirectly  interested in any contract made by the Board, nor
14    shall he be an employee of the State or  Federal  Government;
15    provided  that  nothing  in  this  Section shall be deemed to
16    prohibit the student member of  the  Board  from  maintaining
17    normal  and  official status as an enrolled student or normal
18    student employment at Northern Illinois University.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

20        Section 110-690.  The Western Illinois University Law  is
21    amended by changing Section 35-20 as follows:

22        (110 ILCS 690/35-20)
23        Sec.   35-20.  Reimbursement;   employment   limitations.
24    Members  of  the  Board  shall serve without compensation but
25    shall  be  entitled  to  reasonable  amounts   for   expenses
26    necessarily  incurred  in  the  performance  of their duties.
27    Such expenses incurred by the  student  member  may,  at  the
28    discretion  of  the Chairman of the Board, be provided for by
29    advance payment to the  student  member,  who  shall  account
30    therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
31        No  member  of  the Board shall hold or be employed in or
32    appointed to any office or place under the authority  of  the
 
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 1    Board,  nor  shall  any  member  of  the Board be directly or
 2    indirectly interested in any contract made by the Board,  nor
 3    shall  he  be an employee of the State or Federal Government;
 4    provided that nothing in this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to
 5    prohibit  the  student  member  of the Board from maintaining
 6    normal and official status as an enrolled student  or  normal
 7    student employment at Western Illinois University.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

 9        Section  115-5.  The Illinois Educational Labor Relations
10    Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

11        (115 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 1705)
12        Sec. 5.  Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.
13        (a)  There is hereby  created  the  Illinois  Educational
14    Labor Relations Board.
15        (a-5)  Until  July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
16    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
17    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
18    whichever  occurs  later,  the  Illinois  Educational   Labor
19    Relations  Board  shall  consist  consisting of 7 members, no
20    more than 4 of whom may be of the same political  party,  who
21    are  residents of Illinois appointed by the Governor with the
22    advice and consent of the Senate.
23        The term of each appointed member of the Board who is  in
24    office  on  June  30,  2003  shall  terminate at the close of
25    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
26    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
27    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
28    whichever occurs later.
29        (b)  Beginning  on  July  1,  2003 or when all of the new
30    members to be initially appointed under this  amendatory  Act
31    of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been appointed by the
32    Governor, whichever occurs later,  the  Illinois  Educational
 
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 1    Labor Relations Board shall consist of 5 members appointed by
 2    the  Governor  with the advice and consent of the Senate.  No
 3    more than 3 members may be of the same political party.
 4        The Governor shall appoint to the Board only persons  who
 5    are  residents  of Illinois and have had a minimum of 5 years
 6    of  experience  directly  related  to  labor  and  employment
 7    relations   in   representing   educational   employers    or
 8    educational  employees in collective bargaining matters.  One
 9    appointed member shall be designated at the time  of  his  or
10    her appointment to serve as chairman.
11        Of the initial 2 additional members appointed pursuant to
12    this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, 2 1997, one
13    shall  be designated at the time of his or her appointment to
14    serve a term of 6 years, 2 shall be designated at the time of
15    appointment to serve a term of 4 years,  and the other  shall
16    be  designated at the time of his or her appointment to serve
17    a term of 4 years, with  each  to  serve  until  his  or  her
18    successor  is  appointed  and  qualified.   In  the event the
19    Senate is not in session at the time the 2 additional members
20    are appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act  of  1997,  the
21    Governor   shall   make   those   appointments  as  temporary
22    appointments until the next meeting of  the  Senate  when  he
23    shall  appoint,  by  and  with  the advice and consent of the
24    Senate,  2  persons  to  fill  those  memberships  for  their
25    unexpired terms.  The 2 additional members appointed pursuant
26    to this amendatory Act of the  91st  General  Assembly  shall
27    each serve initial terms of 6 years.
28        (b)  Each  subsequent  member  shall be appointed in like
29    manner for a term of 6 years and until his or  her  successor
30    is  appointed  and  qualified.   Each  member of the Board is
31    eligible for reappointment.  Vacancies shall be filled in the
32    same manner as original appointments for the balance  of  the
33    unexpired term.
34        (c)  The  chairman  shall be paid $50,000 per year, or an
 
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 1    amount set by the Compensation  Review  Board,  whichever  is
 2    greater.   Other  members  of  the  Board  shall each be paid
 3    $45,000 per year, or an amount set by the Compensation Review
 4    Board, whichever is  greater.   They  shall  be  entitled  to
 5    reimbursement  for  necessary  traveling  and  other official
 6    expenditures necessitated by their official duties.
 7        Each member shall devote his entire time to the duties of
 8    the office, and shall hold no other  office  or  position  of
 9    profit,  nor  engage  in  any  other  business, employment or
10    vocation.
11        (d)  Three Four members of the Board constitute a  quorum
12    and  a  vacancy on the Board does not impair the right of the
13    remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the Board.
14        (e)  Any member of  the  Board  may  be  removed  by  the
15    Governor,  upon notice, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in
16    office, but for no other cause.
17        (f)  The  Board  may  appoint  or  employ  an   executive
18    director,   attorneys,   hearing  officers,  and  such  other
19    employees as it deems necessary  to  perform  its  functions.
20    The  Board  shall  prescribe the duties and qualifications of
21    such  persons  appointed   and,   subject   to   the   annual
22    appropriation,   fix   their  compensation  and  provide  for
23    reimbursement of actual and necessary  expenses  incurred  in
24    the performance of their duties.
25        (g)  The Board may promulgate rules and regulations which
26    allow   parties   in  proceedings  before  the  Board  to  be
27    represented by counsel or any other person  knowledgeable  in
28    the matters under consideration.
29        (h)  To  accomplish  the  objectives and to carry out the
30    duties  prescribed  by  this  Act,  the  Board  may  subpoena
31    witnesses, subpoena the production of books, papers,  records
32    and  documents  which may be needed as evidence on any matter
33    under inquiry and may administer oaths and affirmations.
34        In cases of neglect or refusal to obey a subpoena  issued
 
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 1    to  any  person, the circuit court in the county in which the
 2    investigation or the public hearing  is  taking  place,  upon
 3    application  by  the Board, may issue an order requiring such
 4    person to appear before the Board or any member or  agent  of
 5    the Board to produce evidence or give testimony. A failure to
 6    obey  such  order  may  be  punished by the court as in civil
 7    contempt.
 8        Any subpoena, notice of  hearing,  or  other  process  or
 9    notice  of  the Board issued under the provisions of this Act
10    may be served personally, by registered mail or by leaving  a
11    copy at the principal office of the respondent required to be
12    served.  A return, made and verified by the individual making
13    such service and setting forth the manner of such service, is
14    proof of service.  A post  office  receipt,  when  registered
15    mail  is used, is proof of service.  All process of any court
16    to which application may be made under the provisions of this
17    Act may be served in the county where the persons required to
18    be served reside or may be found.
19        (i)  The Board shall adopt, promulgate, amend, or rescind
20    rules and regulations in accordance with  the  "The  Illinois
21    Administrative  Procedure  Act", as now or hereafter amended,
22    as it deems necessary and feasible to carry out this Act.
23        (j)  The Board at the end  of  every  State  fiscal  year
24    shall  make  a  report  in  writing  to  the Governor and the
25    General Assembly, stating in detail the work it has  done  in
26    hearing and deciding cases and otherwise.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

28        Section  205-105.   The  Illinois Savings and Loan Act of
29    1985 is amended by changing Section 7-20 as follows:

30        (205 ILCS 105/7-20) (from Ch. 17, par. 3307-20)
31        Sec. 7-20.  Board of Savings  Institutions;  appointment.
32    The  Savings  and Loan Board is hereby redesignated the Board
 
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 1    of Savings Institutions.  The Board shall be  composed  of  7
 2    persons  appointed  by  the  Governor.   Four  persons  shall
 3    represent the public interest.  Three persons shall have been
 4    engaged   actively  in  savings  and  loan  or  savings  bank
 5    management in this State for at  least  5  years  immediately
 6    prior to appointment.
 7        Members Each member of the Board shall not be compensated
 8    for  their  service,  but  may  be reimbursed for the receive
 9    compensation of  $50  per  day  for  each  day  actually  and
10    necessarily  consumed  in  the  performance  of the duties of
11    office, plus necessary expenses incurred in  the  performance
12    of their those duties.  A member of the Board who experiences
13    a significant financial hardship due to the loss of income on
14    days  of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged in
15    the business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,
16    as   determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
17    Governor's Travel Control Board.
18        The members of the Board serving immediately  before  the
19    effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall continue
20    to serve for the balance of their respective terms.   Members
21    shall  be  appointed  for 4-year terms to expire on the third
22    Monday in January.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this
23    Section,  members  of  the  Board  shall  serve  until  their
24    respective  successors are appointed and qualified.  A member
25    who tenders a written resignation shall serve only until  the
26    resignation  is accepted by the Chairman.  A member who fails
27    to attend 3 consecutive Board  meetings  without  an  excused
28    absence  shall  no  longer  serve  as a member.  The Governor
29    shall fill any vacancy by the appointment of a member for the
30    unexpired term in  the  same  manner  as  in  the  making  of
31    original appointments.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-508, eff. 7-3-96; 89-603, eff. 8-2-96.)

33        Section 205-635.  The Residential Mortgage License Act of
 
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 1    1987 is amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:

 2        (205 ILCS 635/1-5) (from Ch. 17, par. 2321-5)
 3        Sec. 1-5.  Residential Mortgage Board.
 4        (a)  Board  composition,  compensation.  There is created
 5    the  Residential  Mortgage  Board  composed  of   5   members
 6    appointed  by the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate.  The
 7    majority of persons on the  Board  shall  have  no  financial
 8    interest  in any residential mortgage business and one member
 9    shall be a  representative  of  the  Mortgage  Banking  Trade
10    Association  and  one member shall be a representative of the
11    Mortgage Broker Trade  Association.   Members  of  the  Board
12    serving  on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996
13    shall continue to serve their unexpired terms as  members  of
14    the  Residential  Mortgage  Board.   Thereafter, on or before
15    January 15 of each year, the Commissioner shall  appoint  one
16    or  more board members, as shall be necessary to maintain a 5
17    member Board, whose terms shall be  for  3  years  commencing
18    February  1  of  the  year  in  which  they  are respectively
19    appointed.
20        If a vacancy occurs on the  Residential  Mortgage  Board,
21    the  Commissioner  shall  within 60 days appoint a new member
22    who shall hold office for the remainder of the vacated term.
23        The Board shall meet at the call  of  the  chairman,  who
24    along  with  a Secretary, shall be selected by the Board from
25    among its members.
26        Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but
27    be entitled to receive a per diem allowance of $25  for  each
28    day  or  part  of  a  day  spent  on  Board work and shall be
29    entitled to their expenses actually and necessarily  incurred
30    in  the  performance  of their duties.  A member of the Board
31    who experiences a significant financial hardship due  to  the
32    loss  of  income  on  days of attendance at meetings or while
33    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
 
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 1    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
 2    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
 3        The members of the Board serve at  the  pleasure  of  the
 4    Commissioner.
 5        (b)  Duties  of  Board.   The  Residential Mortgage Board
 6    shall assist the Commissioner by:
 7             (1)  submitting recommendations to the  Commissioner
 8        for the efficient administration of this Act; and
 9             (2)  performing  other  duties  as are prescribed by
10        the Commissioner.
11        (c)  Conflict of interest declarations.  Each  member  of
12    the  Residential Mortgage Board shall file annually, no later
13    than February 1, with the Commissioner a statement of his  or
14    her  current business transactions or other affiliations with
15    any licensee under this Act.    The  Commissioner  may  adopt
16    rules  to  avoid conflicts of interest on the part of members
17    of the Residential Mortgage Board in  connection  with  their
18    position on the Board.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-355, eff. 8-17-95; 89-508, eff. 7-3-96.)

20        Section 215-105.  The Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
21    Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

22        (215 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1303)
23        Sec. 3.  Operation of the Plan.
24        a.  There  is  hereby  created  an Illinois Comprehensive
25    Health Insurance Plan.
26        b.  The Plan shall operate subject to the supervision and
27    control of the board.  The board is created  as  a  political
28    subdivision  and  body politic and corporate and, as such, is
29    not a State agency.
30        Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members  to  be
31    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
32    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
 
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 1    whichever  occurs later, the board shall consist of 10 public
 2    members, appointed  by  the  Governor  with  the  advice  and
 3    consent of the Senate.
 4        The  term of each appointed member of the Board who is in
 5    office on June 30, 2003  shall  terminate  at  the  close  of
 6    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
 7    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
 8    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
 9    whichever occurs later.
10        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
11    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
12    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
13    whichever  occurs  later,  the  board  shall include 6 public
14    members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
15    of the Senate.
16        Initial members appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act
17    of the 93rd General Assembly shall be appointed to the  Board
18    by  the Governor as follows: 2 members to serve until July 1,
19    2004 1988, and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
20    qualified;  2  members  to serve until July 1, 2005 1989, and
21    until their successors are appointed and qualified; 3 members
22    to serve until July 1, 1990, and until their  successors  are
23    appointed  and qualified; and 2 3 members to serve until July
24    1, 2006 1991, and until their successors  are  appointed  and
25    qualified.    As  terms  of  initial  members  expire,  their
26    successors  shall  be appointed for terms to expire the first
27    day in July 3 years thereafter, and  until  their  successors
28    are appointed and qualified.
29        Any  vacancy  in the Board occurring for any reason other
30    than the expiration  of  a  term  shall  be  filled  for  the
31    unexpired   term   in   the   same  manner  as  the  original
32    appointment.
33        Any member of the Board may be removed  by  the  Governor
34    for neglect of duty, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance
 
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 1    in office.
 2        In  addition,  a  representative  of  the  Bureau  of the
 3    Budget, a  representative  of  the  Office  of  the  Attorney
 4    General,  and  the  Director  or  the  Director's  designated
 5    representative  shall  be members of the board.  Four members
 6    of the General Assembly, one each appointed by the  President
 7    and  Minority  Leader  of  the  Senate and by the Speaker and
 8    Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, shall  serve
 9    as  nonvoting members of the board.  At least 2 of the public
10    members shall be individuals reasonably expected  to  qualify
11    for  coverage under the Plan, the parent or spouse of such an
12    individual, or a surviving family member of an individual who
13    could have qualified for the plan during his  lifetime.   The
14    Director   or   Director's   representative   shall   be  the
15    chairperson of the board.
16        No more than 5 voting members of the board may be of  the
17    same political party.
18        Members  of  the board shall receive no compensation, but
19    shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred  in  the
20    necessary performance of their duties.  A member of the Board
21    who  experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the
22    loss of income on days of attendance  at  meetings  or  while
23    otherwise  engaged in the business of the Board may be paid a
24    hardship allowance, as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the
25    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
26        c.  The  board  shall  make an annual report in September
27    and shall file the report with the Secretary  of  the  Senate
28    and  the  Clerk  of the House of Representatives.  The report
29    shall summarize the activities of the Plan in  the  preceding
30    calendar year, including net written and earned premiums, the
31    expense  of  administration, the paid and incurred losses for
32    the year and other information as may  be  requested  by  the
33    General Assembly.  The report shall also include analysis and
34    recommendations   regarding   utilization   review,   quality
 
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 1    assurance and access to cost effective quality health care.
 2        d.  In its plan of operation the board shall:
 3             (1)  Establish   procedures  for  selecting  a  plan
 4        administrator in accordance with Section 5 of this Act.
 5             (2)  Establish procedures for the operation  of  the
 6        board.
 7             (3)  Create  a  Plan  fund,  under management of the
 8        board, to fund administrative, claim, and other  expenses
 9        of the Plan.
10             (4)  Establish   procedures  for  the  handling  and
11        accounting of assets and monies of the Plan.
12             (5)  Develop and implement a  program  to  publicize
13        the  existence  of the Plan, the eligibility requirements
14        and procedures for  enrollment  and  to  maintain  public
15        awareness of the Plan.
16             (6)  Establish procedures under which applicants and
17        participants  may have grievances reviewed by a grievance
18        committee appointed by the board.  The  grievances  shall
19        be  reported to the board immediately after completion of
20        the review.  The Department and the  board  shall  retain
21        all  written complaints regarding the Plan for at least 3
22        years.  Oral complaints shall be reduced to written  form
23        and maintained for at least 3 years.
24             (7)  Provide  for  other matters as may be necessary
25        and proper for the execution of its  powers,  duties  and
26        obligations under the Plan.
27        e.  No later than 5 years after the Plan is operative the
28    board  and the Department shall conduct cooperatively a study
29    of the Plan and the persons insured by the Plan to determine:
30    (1)  claims  experience  including  a  breakdown  of  medical
31    conditions  for  which  claims   were   paid;   (2)   whether
32    availability  of  the  Plan affected employment opportunities
33    for  participants;  (3)  whether  availability  of  the  Plan
34    affected the receipt of medical assistance benefits  by  Plan
 
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 1    participants;  (4) whether a change occurred in the number of
 2    personal bankruptcies due to medical or other health  related
 3    costs;  (5)  data regarding all complaints received about the
 4    Plan including its operation and services; (6) and any  other
 5    significant  observations  regarding utilization of the Plan.
 6    The study shall culminate in a written report to be presented
 7    to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker  of
 8    the  House  and  the  chairpersons  of  the  House and Senate
 9    Insurance Committees.  The report shall  be  filed  with  the
10    Secretary  of  the  Senate  and  the  Clerk  of  the House of
11    Representatives.  The  report  shall  also  be  available  to
12    members of the general public upon request.
13        f.  The board may:
14             (1)  Prepare    and    distribute   certificate   of
15        eligibility forms and  enrollment  instruction  forms  to
16        insurance  producers  and  to  the general public in this
17        State.
18             (2)  Provide for reinsurance of  risks  incurred  by
19        the  Plan  and  enter  into  reinsurance  agreements with
20        insurers to establish a reinsurance  plan  for  risks  of
21        coverage  described  in  the  Plan,  or obtain commercial
22        reinsurance to reduce the risk of loss through the Plan.
23             (3)  Issue  additional  types  of  health  insurance
24        policies to provide optional coverages as  are  otherwise
25        permitted  by  this  Act  including a Medicare supplement
26        policy designed to supplement Medicare.
27             (4)  Provide  for  and   employ   cost   containment
28        measures  and requirements including, but not limited to,
29        preadmission  certification,  second  surgical   opinion,
30        concurrent  utilization  review  programs, and individual
31        case management for the purpose of making the  pool  more
32        cost effective.
33             (5)  Design, utilize, contract, or otherwise arrange
34        for  the delivery of cost effective health care services,
 
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 1        including  establishing  or  contracting  with  preferred
 2        provider organizations, health maintenance organizations,
 3        and other limited network provider arrangements.
 4             (6)  Adopt bylaws, rules, regulations, policies  and
 5        procedures  as  may  be  necessary  or convenient for the
 6        implementation of the Act and the operation of the Plan.
 7             (7)  Administer separate pools,  separate  accounts,
 8        or other plans or arrangements as required by this Act to
 9        separate  federally  eligible  individuals  or  groups of
10        federally  eligible  individuals  who  qualify  for  plan
11        coverage under Section  15  of  this  Act  from  eligible
12        persons  or  groups  of  eligible persons who qualify for
13        plan coverage under Section 7 of this Act  and  apportion
14        the  costs  of  the  administration  among  such separate
15        pools, separate accounts, or other plans or arrangements.
16        g.  The  Director  may,  by  rule,  establish  additional
17    powers and duties of the board and may adopt  rules  for  any
18    other  purposes,  including the operation of the Plan, as are
19    necessary or proper to implement this Act.
20        h.  The board is not liable for  any  obligation  of  the
21    Plan.   There  is  no  liability on the part of any member or
22    employee of the board or the  Department,  and  no  cause  of
23    action  of  any nature may arise against them, for any action
24    taken or omission made by them in the  performance  of  their
25    powers  and  duties  under  this  Act,  unless  the action or
26    omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. The  board
27    may  provide  in  its bylaws or rules for indemnification of,
28    and legal representation for, its members and employees.
29        i.  There is no liability on the part  of  any  insurance
30    producer  for  the failure of any applicant to be accepted by
31    the Plan unless the failure of the applicant to  be  accepted
32    by  the  Plan  is  due to an act or omission by the insurance
33    producer which constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
34        j.  The board shall have an executive director, who shall
 
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 1    be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties  of  the
 2    executive director shall be fixed by the board.
 3    (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

 4        Section  220-5.   The  Public Utilities Act is amended by
 5    changing Sections 2-101 and 2-105 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101)
 7        Sec.  2-101.   Commerce  Commission  created.   There  is
 8    created an  Illinois  Commerce  Commission  consisting  of  5
 9    members  not more than 3 of whom shall be members of the same
10    political party at the time of  appointment.    The  Governor
11    shall  appoint the members of such Commission by and with the
12    advice and consent of the Senate.  In case of  a  vacancy  in
13    such  office  during  the  recess  of the Senate the Governor
14    shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting  of
15    the  Senate,  when he shall nominate some person to fill such
16    office; and any person so nominated who is confirmed  by  the
17    Senate,  shall  hold  his  office during the remainder of the
18    term  and  until  his  successor  shall  be   appointed   and
19    qualified.   Each  member of the Commission shall hold office
20    for a term of 5 years from the third Monday in January of the
21    year in which his predecessor's term expires.
22        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,  the
23    term  of  each  member of the Commission who was appointed by
24    the Governor  and  is  in  office  on  June  30,  2003  shall
25    terminate  at  the close of business on that date or when all
26    of the successor members to be  appointed  pursuant  to  this
27    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been
28    appointed  by  the Governor, whichever occurs later.  As soon
29    as possible, the Governor shall appoint persons to  fill  the
30    vacancies created by this amendatory Act.
31        Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  this  Section to the
32    contrary, the term of office of each member of the Commission
 
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 1    is terminated on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
 2    1995, but the incumbent members shall  continue  to  exercise
 3    all  of  the  powers  and  be subject to all of the duties of
 4    members of the Commission until their  respective  successors
 5    are appointed and qualified.
 6        Of  the  members initially appointed under the provisions
 7    of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly 1995, one
 8    member shall be appointed for a term of  office  which  shall
 9    expire  on the third Monday of January, 2004 1997; one member
10    2 members shall be appointed for a term terms of office which
11    shall expire on the third Monday of January, 2005  1998;  one
12    member  shall  be  appointed for a term of office which shall
13    expire on the third Monday of January, 2006 1999; one  member
14    shall be appointed for a term of office which shall expire on
15    the  third  Monday  of January, 2007; and one member shall be
16    appointed for a term of office  which  shall  expire  on  the
17    third   Monday   of  January,  2008  2000.   Each  respective
18    successor shall be appointed for a term of 5 years  from  the
19    third   Monday   of   January   of  the  year  in  which  his
20    predecessor's term expires in accordance with the  provisions
21    of the first paragraph of this Section.
22        Each  member shall serve until his successor is appointed
23    and qualified, except that if the Senate refuses  to  consent
24    to the appointment of any member, such office shall be deemed
25    vacant,  and within 2 weeks of the date the Senate refuses to
26    consent to the reappointment of any member, such member shall
27    vacate such office. The Governor  shall  from  time  to  time
28    designate  the  member  of  the  Commission  who shall be its
29    chairman.  Consistent with the provisions of  this  Act,  the
30    Chairman   shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the
31    Commission for the purpose of ensuring that the  Commission's
32    policies are properly executed.
33        If  there  is  no vacancy on the Commission, 4 members of
34    the  Commission  shall  constitute  a  quorum   to   transact
 
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 1    business;  otherwise,  a  majority  of  the  Commission shall
 2    constitute a quorum to  transact  business,  and  no  vacancy
 3    shall  impair  the  right  of  the remaining commissioners to
 4    exercise all of the powers of the Commission.  Every finding,
 5    order, or decision approved by a majority of the  members  of
 6    the  Commission  shall be deemed to be the finding, order, or
 7    decision of the Commission.
 8    (Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)

 9        (220 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-105)
10        Sec. 2-105. Organization; executive director;  assistants
11    to Commissioners.
12        (a)  The Commission shall have an executive director, who
13    shall be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties of
14    the  executive  director  shall  be  fixed by the Commission.
15    Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  Section,  the
16    employment  of  the executive director who is serving on June
17    30, 2003 shall terminate at the close  of  business  on  that
18    date  or  upon  the  appointment  of  a  successor  executive
19    director by the Governor, whichever occurs later.
20        In  order  that the Commission may perform the duties and
21    exercise  the  powers  granted   to   it   and   assume   its
22    responsibilities  under  this  Act  and  any  and  all  other
23    statutes of this State, the Commission, acting jointly, shall
24    hire  an  executive  director who shall be responsible to the
25    Commission and shall serve subject only  to  removal  by  the
26    Commission for good cause.
27        The  executive  director  shall  be  responsible  for the
28    supervision and direction of the Commission staff and for the
29    necessary  administrative  activities  of   the   Commission,
30    subject  only  to  Commission  direction  and  approval.   In
31    furtherance  thereof, the executive director may organize the
32    Commission staff into such departments, bureaus, sections, or
33    divisions as  he  may  deem  necessary  or  appropriate.   In
 
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 1    connection therewith, the executive director may delegate and
 2    assign to one or more staff member or members the supervision
 3    and  direction  of  any  such department, bureau, section, or
 4    division.
 5        (b)  The executive director shall obtain, subject to  the
 6    provisions   of   the   Personnel   Code,  such  accountants,
 7    engineers, experts, inspectors, clerks, and employees as  may
 8    be  necessary  to  carry out the provisions of this Act or to
 9    perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred  by  law
10    upon  the  Commission.   All accountants, engineers, experts,
11    inspectors, clerks, and employees  of  the  Commission  shall
12    receive  the  compensation  fixed  by the Executive Director,
13    subject only to Commission approval.   Notwithstanding  these
14    provisions,  each  commissioner  shall  have the authority to
15    retain  up  to  2  full-time  assistants,  subject   to   the
16    provisions  of the Personnel Code, who shall be supervised by
17    the commissioner and whose compensation shall be fixed by the
18    commissioner.
19        (c)  The  commissioners,  executive   director,   hearing
20    examiners,   accountants,   engineers,   clerks,  inspectors,
21    experts, and other employees shall have  reimbursed  to  them
22    all  actual  and  necessary  traveling and other expenses and
23    disbursements necessarily incurred or made  by  them  in  the
24    discharge  of  their  official  duties.   The  Commission and
25    executive director may  also  incur  necessary  expenses  for
26    office  furniture, stationery, printing, and other incidental
27    expenses.
28        (d)  A  copy  of  any  contract  executed   between   the
29    Commission  and  the  executive director which establishes or
30    provides for the expenditure of public funds shall  be  filed
31    with  the  State  Comptroller within 15 days of execution and
32    shall be available for public inspection.   Any  cancellation
33    or  modification of any such contract shall be filed with the
34    State Comptroller within 15 days of execution  and  shall  be
 
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 1    available   for   public  inspection.   When  a  contract  or
 2    modification required to be filed under this  subsection  has
 3    not  been  filed  within  30  days  of  execution,  the State
 4    Comptroller shall refuse to issue  any  warrant  for  payment
 5    thereunder   until  the  Commission  files  the  contract  or
 6    modification with the State Comptroller.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-429, eff. 12-15-95.)

 8        Section 225-2.  The Acupuncture Practice Act  is  amended
 9    by changing Section 35 as follows:

10        (225 ILCS 2/35)
11        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
12        Sec.  35.   Board  of  Acupuncture.   The  Director shall
13    appoint a Board of Acupuncture to consist of  7  persons  who
14    shall be appointed by and shall serve in an advisory capacity
15    to  the Director. Four members must hold an active license to
16    engage in the practice of  acupuncture  in  this  State,  one
17    member  shall  be a chiropractic physician licensed under the
18    Medical Practice Act of 1987 who is actively engaged  in  the
19    practice  of  acupuncture,  one  member  shall be a physician
20    licensed to practice medicine  in  all  of  its  branches  in
21    Illinois,  and  one member must be a member of the public who
22    is not licensed under this Act or a similar  Act  of  another
23    jurisdiction  and  who has no connection with the profession.
24    The initial appointees who would otherwise be required to  be
25    licensed acupuncturists shall instead be individuals who have
26    been  practicing acupuncture for at least 5 years and who are
27    eligible under this Act for licensure as acupuncturists.
28        Members  shall  serve  4-year  terms  and   until   their
29    successors  are  appointed  and qualified, except that of the
30    initial appointments, one member shall be appointed to  serve
31    for  1  year,  2  members  shall  be appointed to serve for 2
32    years, 2 members shall be appointed to serve for 3 years, and
 
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 1    2 members shall be appointed to serve for 4 years  and  until
 2    their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  No member
 3    shall be reappointed to the Board for a term that would cause
 4    his or her continuous service on the Board to be longer  than
 5    8 consecutive years.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be
 6    made  in  the  same  manner  as original appointments for the
 7    unexpired portion of the vacated term.  Initial  terms  shall
 8    begin upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
 9        The  Board  shall  annually  elect  a  chairperson  and a
10    vice-chairperson who shall preside  in  the  absence  of  the
11    chairperson.   The  membership of the Board should reasonably
12    reflect representation from  the  geographic  areas  in  this
13    State.   The  Director  may  terminate the appointment of any
14    member for cause. The Director may give due consideration  to
15    all  recommendations  of  the Board.  A majority of the Board
16    members currently appointed shall  constitute  a  quorum.   A
17    vacancy  in  the membership of the Board shall not impair the
18    right of a quorum to exercise the right and perform  all  the
19    duties  of  the  Board.   Members  of the Board shall have no
20    liability  in  any  action  based   upon   any   disciplinary
21    proceeding  or  other  activity  performed in good faith as a
22    member of the Board.
23        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
24    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
25    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
26        A member of  the  Board  who  experiences  a  significant
27    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
28    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
29    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
30    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
31    Travel Control Board.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; 90-61, eff. 7-3-97.)

33        Section  225-5.   The Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice
 
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 1    Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

 2        (225 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 7606)
 3        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
 4        Sec.   6.    Athletic   Training   Board;    appointment;
 5    membership;  term;  duties.    The  Director shall appoint an
 6    Illinois Board of Athletic Trainers as follows: 6 persons who
 7    shall be appointed by and shall serve in an advisory capacity
 8    to the Director.  Two members must be licensed physicians;  3
 9    members   must   be  registered  athletic  trainers  in  good
10    standing, and actively engaged in the  practice  of  athletic
11    training  in this State; and 1 member must be a public member
12    who is not registered under this Act, or  a  similar  Act  of
13    another  jurisdiction,  and  is  not  a  provider of athletic
14    health care service.
15        Members  shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until   their
16    successors  are  appointed  and  qualified except that of the
17    initial appointments, 1 member shall be  appointed  to  serve
18    for  one  year,  2 shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2
19    shall be appointed to serve for 3 years,  and  the  remaining
20    one,  who  shall  be the public member, shall be appointed to
21    serve for 4 years, and until their successors  are  appointed
22    and  qualified.   No member shall be reappointed to the Board
23    for more than 2 terms.  Appointments to fill vacancies  shall
24    be  made in the same manner as original appointments, for the
25    unexpired portion of the vacated term.  Initial  terms  shall
26    begin upon the effective date of this Act.
27        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
28    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
29        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
30    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
31    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
32        A member of  the  Board  who  experiences  a  significant
33    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
 
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 1    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
 2    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
 3    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
 4    Travel Control Board.
 5        The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member
 6    for cause which in the opinion  of  the  Director  reasonably
 7    justifies such termination.
 8        The  Director  shall  consider  the recommendation of the
 9    Board  on  questions  involving  standards  of   professional
10    conduct,  discipline,  and  qualifications  of candidates and
11    license holders under this Act.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-827, eff. 6-13-00.)

13        Section 225-15.  The Clinical Psychologist Licensing  Act
14    is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

15        (225 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 5357)
16        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
17        Sec.  7.  Board.  The Director shall appoint a Board that
18    shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director.
19        The Board shall consist of  7  persons,  4  of  whom  are
20    licensed  clinical psychologists, and actively engaged in the
21    practice of clinical  psychology,  2  of  whom  are  licensed
22    clinical  psychologists  and are full time faculty members of
23    accredited  colleges  or  universities  who  are  engaged  in
24    training clinical psychologists, and one of whom is a  public
25    member  who  is  not  a  licensed  health  care provider.  In
26    appointing members of the Board, the Director shall give  due
27    consideration  to  the adequate representation of the various
28    fields of health care psychology such as clinical psychology,
29    school psychology and counseling  psychology.  In  appointing
30    members   of   the   Board,   the  Director  shall  give  due
31    consideration to recommendations by members of the profession
32    of clinical psychology and by  the  State-wide  organizations
 
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 1    representing  the  interests  of  clinical  psychologists and
 2    organizations representing the interests of academic programs
 3    as  well  as  recommendations  by  approved  doctoral   level
 4    psychology  programs  in  the  State of Illinois. The members
 5    shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.  No member shall be
 6    eligible  to  serve  for  more  than  2  full   terms.    Any
 7    appointment  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall be for the unexpired
 8    portion of the term.  A member appointed to  fill  a  vacancy
 9    shall  be  eligible  for reappointment to only one full term.
10    The Director may remove any member  for  cause  at  any  time
11    prior to the expiration of his or her term.
12        The  Board  shall  annually  elect  one of its members as
13    chairperson and vice chairperson.
14        The members of the Board shall  receive  no  compensation
15    for   their   services,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  all
16    authorized legitimate  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in
17    attending  the  meetings  of the Board. A member of the Board
18    who experiences a significant financial hardship due  to  the
19    loss  of  income  on  days of attendance at meetings or while
20    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
21    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
22    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
23        The  Director  shall  give  due  consideration   to   all
24    recommendations  of  the  Board.   In  the event the Director
25    disagrees with or takes action contrary to the recommendation
26    of the Board, he or  she  shall  provide  the  Board  with  a
27    written and specific explanation of his or her actions.
28        A majority of the Board members currently appointed shall
29    constitute  a  quorum.   A  vacancy  in the membership of the
30    Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to  perform  all
31    of the duties of the Board.
32        Members  of  the  Board  shall  have  no liability in any
33    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceeding  or  other
34    activity performed in good faith as a member of the Board.
 
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 1        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
 2    for  cause  which  in  the opinion of the Director reasonably
 3    justifies such termination.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)

 5        Section 225-20. The Clinical Social Work and Social  Work
 6    Practice Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

 7        (225 ILCS 20/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 6356)
 8        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
 9        Sec. 6.  Social Work Examining and Disciplinary Board.
10        (1)  The  Director  shall appoint a Social Work Examining
11    and Disciplinary Board consisting  of  9  persons  who  shall
12    serve  in  an  advisory  capacity to the Director.  The Board
13    shall be composed of 5 licensed clinical social workers,  one
14    of  whom  shall  be  a certified school social worker, one of
15    whom shall be employed in the private  not-for-profit  sector
16    and  one of whom shall serve as the chairperson, two licensed
17    social workers, and 2 members  of  the  public  who  are  not
18    regulated  under  this  Act  or a similar Act and who clearly
19    represent consumer interests.
20        (2)  Members shall serve for a term of 4 years and  until
21    their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  No member
22    shall be reappointed if such reappointment would  cause  that
23    person's  service on the Board to be longer than 8 successive
24    years.  Appointments to  fill  vacancies  for  the  unexpired
25    portion of a vacated term shall be made in the same manner as
26    original appointments.
27        (3)  The   membership  of  the  Board  should  reasonably
28    reflect representation from  different  geographic  areas  of
29    Illinois.
30        (4)  The  Director  may  terminate the appointment of any
31    member for cause.
32        (5)  The Director shall consider  the  recommendation  of
 
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 1    the Board on all matters and questions relating to this Act.
 2        (6)  The   Board   is   charged   with   the  duties  and
 3    responsibilities of recommending to the Director the adoption
 4    of all policies, procedures and rules which may  be  required
 5    or  deemed  advisable  in  order  to  perform  the duties and
 6    functions conferred  on  the  Board,  the  Director  and  the
 7    Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
 8        (7)  The  Board shall make recommendations on all matters
 9    relating to continuing  education  including  the  number  of
10    hours necessary for license renewal, waivers for those unable
11    to  meet  such  requirements  and  acceptable course content.
12    Such recommendations shall not impose an undue burden on  the
13    Department  or  an  unreasonable restriction on those seeking
14    license renewal.
15        (8)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
16    chairperson and one as vice chairperson.
17        (9)  Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation
18    for their service, but shall be reimbursed for all authorized
19    legitimate  and  necessary expenses incurred in attending the
20    meetings of the Board. A member of the Board who  experiences
21    a significant financial hardship due to the loss of income on
22    days  of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged in
23    the business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,
24    as   determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
25    Governor's Travel Control Board.
26        (10)  A majority of the Board members currently appointed
27    shall constitute a quorum.  A vacancy in  the  membership  of
28    the  Board  shall not impair the right of a quorum to perform
29    all of the duties of the Board.
30        (11)  Members of the Board shall have no liability in  an
31    action based upon a disciplinary proceeding or other activity
32    performed in good faith as a member of the Board.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-150, eff. 12-30-97.)
 
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 1        Section  225-25.   The  Illinois  Dental  Practice Act is
 2    amended by changing Section  6  and  adding  Section  8.2  as
 3    follows:

 4        (225 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 2306)
 5        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
 6        Sec.   6.   Board  of  Dentistry  -  Report  By  Majority
 7    Required.  There is created  a  Board  of  Dentistry,  to  be
 8    composed  of  persons  designated  from  time  to time by the
 9    Director, as follows:
10        Eleven persons, 8 of whom have been dentists for a period
11    of 5 years or more; 2 of whom have been dental hygienists for
12    a period of 5 years or more, and one public member.  None  of
13    the  members  shall  be  employed  by or be an officer of any
14    dental college, or dental or dental hygiene department of any
15    institution of learning.  The  dental  hygienists  shall  not
16    participate  in the examination of applicants for licenses to
17    practice dentistry.  The public member shall not  participate
18    in  the  examination  of  applicants for licenses to practice
19    dentistry or dental hygiene.  The board shall annually  elect
20    a chairman who shall be a dentist.
21        Terms  for  all  members  shall  be for 4 years.  Partial
22    terms over 2 years in length  shall  be  considered  as  full
23    terms.   A  member  may be reappointed for a successive term,
24    but no member shall serve more than 2 full terms  in  his  or
25    her lifetime.
26        The  membership of the Board shall include only residents
27    from various geographic areas of this State and shall include
28    at least some graduates from various institutions  of  dental
29    education in this State.
30        In  making  appointments  to the Board the Director shall
31    give due consideration to recommendations by organizations of
32    the dental profession in  Illinois,  including  the  Illinois
33    State   Dental   Society   and   Illinois  Dental  Hygienists
 
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 1    Association, and shall  promptly  give  due  notice  to  such
 2    organizations of any vacancy in the membership of the Board.
 3    The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member for
 4    cause  which  in  the  opinion  of  the  Director  reasonably
 5    justifies such termination.
 6        A vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not impair
 7    the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights  and perform
 8    all the duties of the Board.  Any action to be taken  by  the
 9    Board  under  this Act may be authorized by resolution at any
10    regular or special meeting, and each  such  resolution  shall
11    take  effect  immediately.   The  Board  shall  meet at least
12    quarterly.  The Board may adopt  all  rules  and  regulations
13    necessary  and  incident  to its powers and duties under this
14    Act.
15        The members of the Board shall  receive  no  compensation
16    for  their  service,  but  shall be reimbursed for shall each
17    receive as compensation a reasonable sum as determined by the
18    Director for each day actually engaged in the duties  of  the
19    office,  and  all  legitimate  and necessary expenses expense
20    incurred in attending the meetings of the Board. A member  of
21    the  Board  who  experiences a significant financial hardship
22    due to the loss of income on days of attendance  at  meetings
23    or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may
24    be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
25    the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
26        Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in  any
27    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or other
28    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-594, eff. 1-1-00.)

30        (225 ILCS 25/8.2 new)
31        Sec. 8.2.  Anesthesia Review Panel.  Members of any panel
32    created by the Department concerning  the  administration  of
33    anesthesia  services  shall receive no compensation for their
 
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 1    services, but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  all  ordinary  and
 2    necessary  expenses  incurred  in  performing their duties as
 3    members.  A member of the panel who experiences a significant
 4    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
 5    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
 6    business of the panel may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
 7    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
 8    Travel Control Board.

 9        Section 225-30.   The  Dietetic  and  Nutrition  Services
10    Practice Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:

11        (225 ILCS 30/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 8401-30)
12        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
13        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-642)
14        Sec.  30.  Practice  Board.  The Director shall appoint a
15    Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Board as follows:
16        Seven individuals who shall be  appointed  by  and  shall
17    serve  in  an  advisory capacity to the Director.  Of these 7
18    individuals, 4 members must be licensed under  this  Act  and
19    currently  engaged  in the practice of dietetics or nutrition
20    services in the State of Illinois and must have been doing so
21    for a minimum of  3  years,  2  of  whom  shall  be  licensed
22    dietitians  who are not also licensed as nutrition counselors
23    under this Act and 2 of  whom  shall  be  licensed  nutrition
24    counselors  who  are  not also licensed dietitians under this
25    Act; one member must be  a  physician  licensed  to  practice
26    medicine  in  all  of  its  branches;  one  member  must be a
27    licensed professional nurse; and one member must be a  public
28    member not licensed under this Act.
29        Members   shall  serve  3  year  terms  and  until  their
30    successors are appointed and qualified, except the  terms  of
31    the  initial appointments.  The initial appointments shall be
32    served as follows:  2 members shall be appointed to serve for
 
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 1    one year, 2 shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, and  the
 2    remaining members shall be appointed to serve for 3 years and
 3    until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  No
 4    member shall be reappointed to the  Board  for  a  term  that
 5    would  cause his or her continuous service on the Board to be
 6    longer than 8 years.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be
 7    made in the same manner as  original  appointments,  for  the
 8    unexpired  portion  of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall
 9    begin upon the effective date of this Act and  Board  members
10    in  office  on that date shall be appointed to specific terms
11    as indicated in this Section.
12        The membership of the Board  shall  reasonably  represent
13    all  the geographic areas in this State.  Any time there is a
14    vacancy on the Board, any professional  association  composed
15    of persons licensed under this Act may recommend licensees to
16    fill  the  vacancy  to  the  Board  for  the  appointment  of
17    licensees,  the  organization representing the largest number
18    of licensed physicians for the appointment of  physicians  to
19    the  Board,  and  the  organization  representing the largest
20    number of licensed professional nurses for the appointment of
21    a nurse to the Board.
22        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
23    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
24    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
25        A member of  the  Board  who  experiences  a  significant
26    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
27    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
28    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
29    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
30    Travel Control Board.
31        Members  of  the  Board  shall  have  no liability in any
32    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceeding  or  other
33    activity performed in good faith as members of the Board.
34        The Director shall  have  the  authority  to  remove  any
 
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 1    member  of  the  Board  from  office  for neglect of any duty
 2    required by law or  for  incompetency  or  unprofessional  or
 3    dishonorable conduct.
 4        The  Director  shall  consider  the recommendation of the
 5    Board on questions  of  standards  of  professional  conduct,
 6    discipline,  and  qualifications  of  candidates or licensees
 7    under this Act.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-784; 87-1000.)

 9        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-642)
10        Sec. 30.  Practice Board.  The Director shall  appoint  a
11    Dietitian   Nutritionist   Practice   Board   as  follows:  7
12    individuals who shall be appointed by and shall serve  in  an
13    advisory capacity to the Director.  Of these 7 individuals, 4
14    members must be licensed under this Act; one member must be a
15    physician  licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all  of  its
16    branches;  one  member must be a licensed professional nurse;
17    and one member must be a public  member  not  licensed  under
18    this Act.
19        Members   shall  serve  3  year  terms  and  until  their
20    successors are appointed and qualified, except the  terms  of
21    the initial appointments.   No member shall be reappointed to
22    the  Board  for a term that would cause his or her continuous
23    service on the Board to be longer than 8 years.  Appointments
24    to fill vacancies  shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner  as
25    original  appointments,  for  the  unexpired  portion  of the
26    vacated term.  Initial terms shall begin upon  the  effective
27    date  of  this  Act  and Board members in office on that date
28    shall be appointed to specific terms  as  indicated  in  this
29    Section.
30        The  membership  of  the Board shall reasonably represent
31    all the geographic areas in this State.  Any time there is  a
32    vacancy  on  the Board, any professional association composed
33    of persons licensed under this Act may recommend licensees to
34    fill  the  vacancy  to  the  Board  for  the  appointment  of
 
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 1    licensees, the organization representing the  largest  number
 2    of  licensed  physicians for the appointment of physicians to
 3    the Board, and  the  organization  representing  the  largest
 4    number of licensed professional nurses for the appointment of
 5    a nurse to the Board.
 6        Members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for
 7    their service, but  may  be  reimbursed  for  reasonable  and
 8    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
 9        A  member  of  the  Board  who  experiences a significant
10    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
11    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
12    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
13    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
14    Travel Control Board.
15        Members of the Board  shall  have  no  liability  in  any
16    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceeding  or  other
17    activity performed in good faith as members of the Board.
18        The  Director  shall  have  the  authority  to remove any
19    member of the Board from  office  for  neglect  of  any  duty
20    required  by  law  or  for  incompetency or unprofessional or
21    dishonorable conduct.
22        The Director shall consider  the  recommendation  of  the
23    Board  on  questions  of  standards  of professional conduct,
24    discipline, and qualifications  of  candidates  or  licensees
25    under this Act.
26    (Source: P.A. 92-642, eff. 10-31-03.)

27        Section  225-37.   The  Environmental Health Practitioner
28    Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 18 as follows:

29        (225 ILCS 37/18)
30        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
31        Sec. 18.  Board of  Environmental  Health  Practitioners.
32    The  Board  of  Environmental Health Practitioners is created
 
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 1    and shall exercise its duties as provided in this  Act.   The
 2    Board  shall  consist of 5 members appointed by the Director.
 3    Of  the  5  members,  3   shall   be   environmental   health
 4    practitioners,  one  a  Public Health Administrator who meets
 5    the  minimum  qualifications  for  public  health   personnel
 6    employed  by full time local health departments as prescribed
 7    by the Illinois Department of Public Health and  is  actively
 8    engaged  in  the  administration of a local health department
 9    within this State, and one member of the general public.   In
10    making  the  appointments  to  the  Board, the Director shall
11    consider the  recommendations  of  related  professional  and
12    trade   associations  including  the  Illinois  Environmental
13    Health Association and the Illinois Public Health Association
14    and  of  the  Director  of  Public  Health.   Each   of   the
15    environmental  health  practitioners  shall  have  at least 5
16    years of full time employment in the field  of  environmental
17    health   practice  before  the  date  of  appointment.   Each
18    appointee  filling  the  seat  of  an  environmental   health
19    practitioner  appointed  to  the Board must be licensed under
20    this Act.
21        The membership of  the  Board  shall  reasonably  reflect
22    representation  from  the  various  geographic  areas  of the
23    State.
24        A vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not impair
25    the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and  perform
26    all the duties of the Board.
27        The  members  of  the Board shall receive no compensation
28    for their service, but shall be reimbursed for  are  entitled
29    to  receive as compensation a reasonable sum as determined by
30    the Director for each day actually engaged in the  duties  of
31    the office and all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred
32    in attending the meetings of the Board. A member of the Board
33    who  experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the
34    loss of income on days of attendance  at  meetings  or  while
 
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 1    otherwise  engaged in the business of the Board may be paid a
 2    hardship allowance, as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the
 3    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
 4        Members  of  the  Board  shall be immune from suit in any
 5    action based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or  other
 6    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
 7        The  Director  may remove any member of the Board for any
 8    cause that,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Director,  reasonably
 9    justifies termination.
10    (Source:  P.A.  91-724,  eff.  6-2-00;  91-798,  eff. 7-9-00;
11    92-837, eff. 8-22-02.)

12        Section 225-41.   The  Funeral  Directors  and  Embalmers
13    Licensing  Code  is  amended  by  changing  Section  15-5  as
14    follows:

15        (225 ILCS 41/15-5) (from Ch. 111, par. 2825)
16        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
17        Sec. 15-5.  Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and
18    Disciplinary   Board.   A  Funeral  Directors  and  Embalmers
19    Licensing and Disciplinary Board is created and shall consist
20    of 7 persons, 6 of whom  are  licensed  to  practice  funeral
21    directing  and  embalming  in  this  State,  and one who is a
22    knowledgeable public member.  Each member shall be  appointed
23    by  the  Director of the Department. The persons so appointed
24    shall hold their offices for 4 years and  until  a  qualified
25    successor  is  appointed.  All  vacancies  occurring shall be
26    filled by the Director for the unexpired portion of the  term
27    rendered  vacant.   No  member shall be eligible to serve for
28    more than 2 full terms.  Any appointee may be removed by  the
29    Director  when  in  his  or  her  discretion  he or she finds
30    removal to be in the public interest. The cause  for  removal
31    must be set forth in writing. The Board shall annually select
32    a  chairman  from  its  membership.  The members of the Board
 
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 1    shall receive no compensation for their service, but shall be
 2    reimbursed for all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred
 3    in attending meetings of the Board. A member of the Board who
 4    experiences a significant financial hardship due to the  loss
 5    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
 6    otherwise  engaged in the business of the Board may be paid a
 7    hardship allowance, as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the
 8    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
 9        The  Board  may meet as often as necessary to perform its
10    duties under this Code, and shall meet at least once  a  year
11    in Springfield, Illinois.
12        The  members of the Board appointed and serving under the
13    Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Act of  1935  shall
14    continue  to  serve under the Funeral Directors and Embalmers
15    Licensing Code and until the expiration  of  their  appointed
16    terms.   These  members  may be reappointed if eligible under
17    this Section.
18        The Department may seek the advice and recommendations of
19    the Board on any matter relating to  the  administration  and
20    enforcement of this Code.
21        The  Department shall seek the advice and recommendations
22    of  the  Board  in  connection   with   any   rulemaking   or
23    disciplinary  actions, including applications for restoration
24    of revoked licenses.  The Board shall have 60 days to respond
25    to a Department request for advice and  recommendations.   If
26    the  Department  fails to adopt, in whole or in part, a Board
27    recommendation  in  connection   with   any   rulemaking   or
28    disciplinary  action,  it shall provide a written explanation
29    of  its  specific  reasons  for  not   adopting   the   Board
30    recommendation.    The  written  explanations  shall  be made
31    available for public inspection.
32        The Department shall adopt all necessary  and  reasonable
33    rules  and  regulations  for  the effective administration of
34    this Code, and without limiting the foregoing, the Department
 
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 1    shall adopt rules and regulations:
 2             (1)  prescribing  a   method   of   examination   of
 3        candidates;
 4             (2)  defining   what   shall  constitute  a  school,
 5        college, university, department of a university or  other
 6        institution   to  determine  the  reputability  and  good
 7        standing  of  these  institutions  by  reference   to   a
 8        compliance  with  the  rules and regulations; however, no
 9        school, college, university, department of  a  university
10        or   other   institution   that   refuses  admittance  to
11        applicants, solely on account of race, color, creed,  sex
12        or  national  origin shall be considered reputable and in
13        good standing;
14             (3)  establishing  expiration  dates   and   renewal
15        periods for all licenses;
16             (4)  prescribing a method of handling complaints and
17        conducting  hearings  on proceedings to take disciplinary
18        action under this Code; and
19             (5)  providing for licensure by reciprocity.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-827, eff. 6-13-00.)

21        Section 225-51.  The Home Medical Equipment and  Services
22    Provider  License  Act  is  amended by changing Section 25 as
23    follows:

24        (225 ILCS 51/25)
25        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
26        Sec. 25. Home Medical Equipment and Services  Board.  The
27    Director  shall appoint a Home Medical Equipment and Services
28    Board, in consultation with a state association  representing
29    the home medical equipment and services industry, to serve in
30    an advisory capacity to the Director. The Board shall consist
31    of  7  members.  Four members shall be home medical equipment
32    and services provider  representatives, 2 of  whom  represent
 
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 1    businesses grossing less than  $500,000 per year in revenues,
 2    2  of whom represent businesses grossing $500,000 or more per
 3    year in revenues, and at least one of whom shall  also  be  a
 4    pharmacy-based   provider.  The  3  remaining  members  shall
 5    include one home care clinical  specialist,  one  respiratory
 6    care practitioner, and one consumer of home medical equipment
 7    and services.
 8        Members   shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until  their
 9    successors are appointed and qualified, except  that  of  the
10    initial  appointments, the consumer member shall be appointed
11    to serve for one year, 2 members shall be appointed to  serve
12    for  2  years,  3  members  shall be appointed to serve for 3
13    years, and one member who is a  home  medical  equipment  and
14    services  provider representative shall be appointed to serve
15    for 4  years, and until their successors  are  appointed  and
16    qualified.  No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a
17    term that would cause continuous  service  on  the  Board  to
18    exceed  8 years. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made
19    in  the  same  manner  as  original  appointments,  for   the
20    unexpired portion of the vacated term.
21        The   home   medical   equipment  and  services  provider
22    representatives appointed to the Board shall have engaged  in
23    the  provision  of  home  medical  equipment  and services or
24    related home care services for at  least  3  years  prior  to
25    their  appointment,  shall  be currently engaged in providing
26    home medical equipment and services in the State of Illinois,
27    and must have no record of convictions related  to  fraud  or
28    abuse under either State or federal law.
29        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
30    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
31        The Board shall annually elect  one  of  its  members  as
32    chairperson and vice chairperson.
33        Members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for
34    their service,  but  as  compensation  a  reasonable  sum  as
 
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 1    determined  by  the Director for each day actually engaged in
 2    the duties  of  the  office,  and  shall  be  reimbursed  for
 3    authorized  expenses incurred in performing the duties of the
 4    office. A member of the Board who experiences  a  significant
 5    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
 6    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
 7    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
 8    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
 9    Travel Control Board.
10        The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member
11    for cause which in the opinion  of  the  Director  reasonably
12    justifies the termination.
13        Through  consultation with members of a state association
14    for the home medical equipment  and  services  industry,  the
15    Board  may recommend to the Department rules that specify the
16    medical equipment to be  included under this  Act,  that  set
17    standards   for  the  licensure,  professional  conduct,  and
18    discipline  of entities that provide home  medical  equipment
19    and  services, and that govern the safety and quality of home
20    medical equipment and services. The Director  shall  consider
21    the recommendations of the Board.
22        Members  of  the  Board  shall  be immune from suit in an
23    action based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or  other
24    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
25        A  majority  of  Board  members currently appointed shall
26    constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board
27    shall not impair the rights  of  a  quorum  to  exercise  the
28    rights and perform all of the duties of the Board.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-532, eff. 11-14-97.)

30        Section   225-55.    The   Marriage  and  Family  Therapy
31    Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

32        (225 ILCS 55/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-25)
 
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 1        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
 2        Sec.  25.  Marriage  and  Family  Therapy  Licensing  and
 3    Disciplinary Board.
 4        (a)  There  is  established  within  the  Department  the
 5    Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary  Board
 6    to be appointed by the Director.  The Board shall be composed
 7    of  7  persons who shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
 8    Director. The Board shall elect  a  chairperson  and  a  vice
 9    chairperson.
10        (b)  In  appointing  members  of  the Board, the Director
11    shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of
12    the profession of marriage and  family  therapy  and  by  the
13    statewide  organizations solely representing the interests of
14    marriage and family therapists.
15        (c)  Five members of the  Board  shall  be  marriage  and
16    family  therapists  who  have  been in active practice for at
17    least 5 years immediately  preceding  their  appointment,  or
18    engaged  in  the education and training of masters, doctoral,
19    or post-doctoral students of marriage and family therapy,  or
20    engaged  in  marriage  and  family  therapy  research.   Each
21    marriage  or  family therapy teacher or researcher shall have
22    spent the majority of  the  time  devoted  to  the  study  or
23    research  of  marriage  and family therapy during the 2 years
24    immediately preceding his or her appointment  to  the  Board.
25    The appointees shall be licensed under this Act.
26        (d)  Two  members shall be representatives of the general
27    public who have no direct affiliation or work experience with
28    the practice of marriage and family therapy and  who  clearly
29    represent consumer interests.
30        (e)  Board  members  shall  be  appointed  for terms of 4
31    years each, except that any person chosen to fill  a  vacancy
32    shall  be  appointed only for the unexpired term of the Board
33    member whom he or she shall succeed. Upon the  expiration  of
34    this  term  of office, a Board member shall continue to serve
 
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 1    until a successor is appointed and qualified. No member shall
 2    be reappointed to the Board  for  a  term  that  would  cause
 3    continuous service on the Board to be longer than 8 years.
 4        (f)  The membership of the Board shall reasonably reflect
 5    representation  from  the  various  geographic  areas  of the
 6    State.
 7        (g)  Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in
 8    any  action  based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other
 9    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
10        (h)  The Director may remove any member of the Board  for
11    any  cause  that,  in the opinion of the Director, reasonably
12    justifies termination.
13        (i)  The Director may consider the recommendations of the
14    Board on questions  of  standards  of  professional  conduct,
15    discipline,  and  qualification  of  candidates  or licensees
16    under this Act.
17        (j)  The  members  of  the   Board   shall   receive   no
18    compensation  for  their service, but shall be reimbursed for
19    all legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses. A  member
20    of the Board who experiences a significant financial hardship
21    due  to  the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings
22    or while otherwise engaged in the business of the  Board  may
23    be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
24    the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
25        (k)  A  majority of the Board members currently appointed
26    shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the
27    Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise  all
28    the rights and perform all the duties of the Board.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-61, eff. 12-30-97.)

30        Section  225-57.  The Massage Licensing Act is amended by
31    changing Section 35 as follows:

32        (225 ILCS 57/35)
 
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 1        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
 2        Sec. 35. Massage Licensing Board.
 3        (a)  The  Director  shall  appoint  a  Massage  Licensing
 4    Board, which shall serve  in  an  advisory  capacity  to  the
 5    Director.   The  Board  shall consist of 7 members, of whom 6
 6    shall  be  massage  therapists  with  at  least  3  years  of
 7    experience in massage. One of the massage  therapist  members
 8    shall  represent  a  massage  therapy school from the private
 9    sector  and  one  of  the  massage  therapist  members  shall
10    represent a massage therapy school from  the  public  sector.
11    One  member  of the Board shall be a member of the public who
12    is not licensed under this Act or a similar Act  in  Illinois
13    or  another  jurisdiction.  Membership  on  the  Board  shall
14    reasonably reflect the various massage therapy and non-exempt
15    bodywork   organizations.   Membership  on  the  Board  shall
16    reasonably reflect the geographic areas of the State.
17        (b)  Members shall be appointed to a 3-year term,  except
18    that  initial  appointees  shall serve the following terms: 2
19    members including the non-voting member shall serve  for  one
20    year,  2 members shall serve for 2 years, and 3 members shall
21    serve for 3 years.  A member whose  term  has  expired  shall
22    continue  to  serve  until his or her successor is appointed.
23    No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a  term  that
24    would  cause  his  or  her continuous service on the Board to
25    exceed 9 years.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made
26    in the same manner  as  the  original  appointments  for  the
27    unexpired portion of the vacated term.
28        (c)  The   members   of   the   Board  shall  receive  no
29    compensation for their service, but shall be  reimbursed  are
30    entitled  to  receive  compensation  for  all  legitimate and
31    necessary  expenses  incurred  while  attending   Board   and
32    Department meetings.  A member of the Board who experiences a
33    significant  financial  hardship due to the loss of income on
34    days of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged  in
 
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 1    the  business  of the Board may be paid a hardship allowance,
 2    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
 3    Governor's Travel Control Board.
 4        (d)  Members  of  the  Board shall be immune from suit in
 5    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings  or  other
 6    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
 7        (e)  The  Director  shall consider the recommendations of
 8    the  Board  on   questions   involving   the   standards   of
 9    professional   conduct,  discipline,  and  qualifications  of
10    candidates and licensees under this Act.  Nothing shall limit
11    the ability of the Board to provide  recommendations  to  the
12    Director in regard to any matter affecting the administration
13    of  this  Act.   The Director shall give due consideration to
14    all recommendations of  the  Board.  If  the  Director  takes
15    action  contrary  to  a  recommendation  of  the  Board,  the
16    Director shall provide a written explanation of that action.
17        (f)  The  Director  may  terminate the appointment of any
18    member for cause  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Director
19    reasonably  justifies  termination, which may include, but is
20    not limited to, a Board member who does not attend 2
21    (Source: P.A. 92-860, eff. 6-1-03.)

22        Section 225-60.  The Medical  Practice  Act  of  1987  is
23    amended by changing Sections 7 and 8 as follows:

24        (225 ILCS 60/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-7)
25        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
26        Sec. 7.  Medical Disciplinary Board.
27        (A)  There  is  hereby created the Illinois State Medical
28    Disciplinary  Board   (hereinafter   referred   to   as   the
29    "Disciplinary  Board").  The Disciplinary Board shall consist
30    of 9 members, to be appointed by the Governor by and with the
31    advice and consent of the Senate.  All shall be residents  of
32    the  State,  not  more than 5 of whom shall be members of the
 
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 1    same political  party.   Five  members  shall  be  physicians
 2    licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all  of its branches in
 3    Illinois possessing the degree of doctor  of  medicine.   Two
 4    shall  be  members of the public, who shall not be engaged in
 5    any way, directly or indirectly, as providers of health care.
 6    The 2 public  members  shall  act  as  nonvoting,  ex-officio
 7    members  and  shall  not  be  considered  in  determining the
 8    existence, or lack of existence, of a quorum for all purposes
 9    for which a quorum may be called pursuant to this  Act.   One
10    member  shall be a physician licensed to practice in Illinois
11    possessing the degree of doctor of osteopathy or  osteopathic
12    medicine.   One  member  shall  be  a  physician  licensed to
13    practice in Illinois and possessing the degree of  doctor  of
14    chiropractic.
15        (B)  Members of the Disciplinary Board shall be appointed
16    for terms of 4 years.  Upon the expiration of the term of any
17    member,  their  successor  shall be appointed for a term of 4
18    years by the Governor by and with the advice and  consent  of
19    the  Senate.   The  Governor  shall  fill any vacancy for the
20    remainder of the unexpired term by and with  the  advice  and
21    consent of the Senate.  Upon recommendation of the Board, any
22    member  of  the  Disciplinary  Board  may  be  removed by the
23    Governor for misfeasance, malfeasance, or wilful  neglect  of
24    duty,  after notice, and a public hearing, unless such notice
25    and hearing shall  be  expressly  waived  in  writing.   Each
26    member  shall  serve  on  the  Disciplinary Board until their
27    successor is appointed  and  qualified.   No  member  of  the
28    Disciplinary Board shall serve more than 2 consecutive 4 year
29    terms.
30        In  making  appointments  the  Governor  shall attempt to
31    insure that the various social and geographic regions of  the
32    State of Illinois are properly represented.
33        In  making  the  designation  of  persons  to act for the
34    several professions represented on  the  Disciplinary  Board,
 
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 1    the  Governor shall give due consideration to recommendations
 2    by members of the respective professions and by organizations
 3    therein.
 4        (C)  The Disciplinary Board shall annually elect  one  of
 5    its   voting   members   as   chairperson  and  one  as  vice
 6    chairperson.  No officer shall be elected more than twice  in
 7    succession  to  the  same  office.   Each officer shall serve
 8    until their successor has been elected and qualified.
 9        (D)  (Blank).
10        (E)  Four voting members of the Disciplinary Board  shall
11    constitute  a  quorum.   A  vacancy  in the membership of the
12    Disciplinary Board shall not impair the right of a quorum  to
13    exercise  all  the  rights  and perform all the duties of the
14    Disciplinary Board.  Any action  taken  by  the  Disciplinary
15    Board  under  this Act may be authorized by resolution at any
16    regular or special meeting and  each  such  resolution  shall
17    take  effect  immediately.  The Disciplinary Board shall meet
18    at least quarterly.  The Disciplinary Board is  empowered  to
19    adopt all rules and regulations necessary and incident to the
20    powers granted to it under this Act.
21        (F)  Members  shall  receive  no  compensation  for their
22    service,  but  Each  member,  and  member-officer,   of   the
23    Disciplinary  Board  shall  receive a per diem stipend as the
24    Director of the Department, hereinafter referred  to  as  the
25    Director, shall determine.  The Director shall also determine
26    the  per  diem  stipend  that  each  ex-officio  member shall
27    receive.  Each member shall be paid their necessary  expenses
28    while engaged in the performance of their duties. A member of
29    the  Board  who  experiences a significant financial hardship
30    due to the loss of income on days of attendance  at  meetings
31    or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may
32    be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
33    the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
34        (G)  The  Director   shall   select   a   Chief   Medical
 
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 1    Coordinator and a Deputy Medical Coordinator who shall not be
 2    members  of the Disciplinary Board.  Each medical coordinator
 3    shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in all  of
 4    its  branches,  and  the  Director  shall  set their rates of
 5    compensation.   The  Director  shall   assign   one   medical
 6    coordinator  to  a  region  composed  of Cook County and such
 7    other counties as the Director may deem appropriate, and such
 8    medical coordinator shall locate  their  office  in  Chicago.
 9    The  Director  shall assign the remaining medical coordinator
10    to a region composed of the balance of counties in the State,
11    and such medical coordinator shall  locate  their  office  in
12    Springfield.   Each  medical  coordinator  shall be the chief
13    enforcement officer of this Act in their assigned region  and
14    shall serve at the will of the Disciplinary Board.
15        The   Director  shall  employ,  in  conformity  with  the
16    Personnel Code, not less than one full time investigator  for
17    every   5000   physicians   licensed   in  the  State.   Each
18    investigator shall be a college  graduate  with  at  least  2
19    years'  investigative experience or one year advanced medical
20    education.  Upon the  written  request  of  the  Disciplinary
21    Board,  the  Director  shall  employ,  in conformity with the
22    Personnel   Code,   such   other   professional,   technical,
23    investigative,  and  clerical  help,  either  on  a  full  or
24    part-time basis as the Disciplinary Board deems necessary for
25    the proper performance of its duties.
26        (H)  Upon the specific request of the Disciplinary Board,
27    signed by either the chairman, vice chairman,  or  a  medical
28    coordinator  of  the  Disciplinary  Board,  the Department of
29    Human Services or the Department of State Police  shall  make
30    available  any  and  all  information that they have in their
31    possession   regarding   a   particular   case   then   under
32    investigation by the Disciplinary Board.
33        (I)  Members of the Disciplinary Board  shall  be  immune
34    from   suit   in  any  action  based  upon  any  disciplinary
 
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 1    proceedings or other acts performed in good faith as  members
 2    of the Disciplinary Board.
 3        (J)  The  Disciplinary  Board may compile and establish a
 4    statewide   roster   of   physicians   and   other    medical
 5    professionals,  including the several medical specialties, of
 6    such physicians and medical professionals, who have agreed to
 7    serve  from  time  to  time  as  advisors  to   the   medical
 8    coordinators.    Such   advisors  shall  assist  the  medical
 9    coordinators in their  investigations  and  participation  in
10    complaints  against  physicians.   Such  advisors shall serve
11    under contract and shall be reimbursed at a  reasonable  rate
12    for the services provided, plus reasonable expenses incurred.
13    While  serving  in  this  capacity,  the advisor, for any act
14    undertaken in good faith and in the conduct of  their  duties
15    under this Section, shall be immune from civil suit.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)

17        (225 ILCS 60/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-8)
18        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
19        Sec. 8.  Medical Licensing Board.
20        (A)  There  is  hereby  created a Medical Licensing Board
21    (hereinafter referred to  as  the  "Licensing  Board").   The
22    Licensing  Board  shall  be  composed  of  7  members,  to be
23    appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and  consent
24    of  the  Senate;  5  of  whom  shall  be reputable physicians
25    licensed to practice medicine  in  all  of  its  branches  in
26    Illinois,  possessing  the  degree of doctor of medicine; one
27    member shall be a reputable physician licensed in Illinois to
28    practice medicine in all  of  its  branches,  possessing  the
29    degree  of  doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine; and
30    one  member  shall  be  a  reputable  physician  licensed  to
31    practice in Illinois and possessing the degree of  doctor  of
32    chiropractic.   Of the 5 members holding the degree of doctor
33    of medicine, one shall be a full-time or part-time teacher of
 
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 1    professorial rank in the clinical department of  an  Illinois
 2    school of medicine.
 3        (B)  Members  of  the  Licensing Board shall be appointed
 4    for  terms  of  4  years,  and  until  their  successors  are
 5    appointed and  qualified.   Appointments  to  fill  vacancies
 6    shall  be  made  in the same manner as original appointments,
 7    for the unexpired portion of the vacated term.  No more  than
 8    4 members of the Licensing Board shall be members of the same
 9    political  party  and  all members shall be residents of this
10    State.  No member of the Licensing Board may be appointed  to
11    more  than  2 successive 4 year terms.  This limitation shall
12    only apply to individuals appointed to  the  Licensing  Board
13    after the effective date of this Act.
14        (C)  Members  of the Licensing Board shall be immune from
15    suit in any action based upon any  licensing  proceedings  or
16    other  acts  performed  in  good  faith  as  members  of  the
17    Licensing Board.
18        (D)  (Blank).
19        (E)  The  Licensing Board shall annually elect one of its
20    members as chairperson  and  one  as  vice  chairperson.   No
21    member  shall be elected more than twice in succession to the
22    same office.  Each officer shall serve until their  successor
23    has been elected and qualified.
24        (F)  None  of  the  functions,  powers  or  duties of the
25    Department with respect to policies regarding  licensure  and
26    examination  under  this  Act,  including the promulgation of
27    such rules as may be necessary for the administration of this
28    Act, shall be exercised by the Department except upon  review
29    of the Licensing Board.
30        (G)  Members  shall  receive  no  compensation  for their
31    service, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses
32    while engaged in the performance of their duties.   A  member
33    of the Board who experiences a significant financial hardship
34    due  to  the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings
 
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 1    or while otherwise engaged in the business of the  Board  may
 2    be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
 3    the  approval  of  the  Governor's Travel Control Board.  The
 4    Licensing Board shall receive the same  compensation  as  the
 5    members of the Medical Disciplinary Board, which compensation
 6    shall  be paid out of the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary
 7    Fund.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)

 9        Section 225-63.  The Naprapathic Practice Act is  amended
10    by changing Section 50 as follows:

11        (225 ILCS 63/50)
12        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
13        Sec.  50.  Naprapathic  Examining Committee. The Director
14    shall appoint a Naprapathic Examining Committee to consist of
15    7 persons who shall be appointed by and  shall  serve  in  an
16    advisory capacity to the Director.  Five members must hold an
17    active  license  to  engage  in the practice of naprapathy in
18    this State, one member  shall  be  a  physician  licensed  to
19    practice medicine in all of its branches in Illinois, and one
20    member  must  be  a  member of the public who is not licensed
21    under this Act or a similar Act of  another  jurisdiction  or
22    has  no  connection  with the profession.  Neither the public
23    member nor the physician  member  shall  participate  in  the
24    preparation   or   administration   of   the  examination  of
25    applicants for licensure.
26        Members  shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until   their
27    successors  are  appointed and qualified.  No member shall be
28    reappointed to the Committee for a term that would cause  his
29    or  her continuous service on the Committee to be longer than
30    8 consecutive years.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be
31    made in the same manner as  original  appointments,  for  the
32    unexpired  portion  of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall
 
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 1    begin upon the effective date of this Act.  Committee members
 2    in office on that date shall be appointed to  specific  terms
 3    as indicated in this Section.
 4        The  Committee  shall  annually  elect  a  chairman and a
 5    vice-chairman  who  shall  preside  in  the  absence  of  the
 6    chairman.
 7        The membership of the Committee should reasonably reflect
 8    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
 9        Members of the Committee shall  receive  no  compensation
10    for  their  service, but may be reimbursed for reasonable and
11    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
12        A member of the Committee who experiences  a  significant
13    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
14    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
15    business  of  the Committee may be paid a hardship allowance,
16    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
17    Governor's Travel Control Board.
18        The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member
19    for cause.
20        The  Director  may  give   due   consideration   to   all
21    recommendations of the Committee.
22        Without  limiting  the power of the Department to conduct
23    investigations in any manner, the Committee may recommend  to
24    the Director that one or more licensed naprapaths be selected
25    by  the  Director  to  conduct or assist in any investigation
26    under this Act.  A licensed naprapath so selected may receive
27    remuneration as determined by the Director.
28    (Source: P.A. 92-655, eff. 7-16-02.)

29        Section  225-65.   The  Nursing  and  Advanced   Practice
30    Nursing  Act  is amended by changing Sections 10-25 and 15-35
31    as follows:

32        (225 ILCS 65/10-25)
 
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 1        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
 2        Sec. 10-25. Board.
 3        (a)  The Director shall  appoint  the  Board  of  Nursing
 4    which,  beginning  January  1,  2000,  shall be composed of 7
 5    registered professional nurses, 2 licensed  practical  nurses
 6    and  one  public member who shall also be a voting member and
 7    who is not a licensed health care  provider.  Two  registered
 8    nurses  shall  hold at least a master's degree in nursing and
 9    be  educators   in   professional   nursing   programs,   one
10    representing    baccalaureate    nursing    education,    one
11    representing   associate   degree   nursing   education;  one
12    registered nurse shall hold at least a bachelor's degree with
13    a major in nursing and be an educator in a licensed practical
14    nursing program; one registered nurse shall hold  a  master's
15    degree  in  nursing   and  shall  represent  nursing  service
16    administration;  2 registered nurses shall represent clinical
17    nursing practice, one of whom shall have at least a  master's
18    degree  in nursing; and, until January  1, 2000, 2 registered
19    nurses shall represent advanced specialty practice.  Each  of
20    the  nurses shall have had a minimum of 5 years experience in
21    nursing, 3 of which shall be in the area  they  represent  on
22    the Board and be actively engaged in the area of nursing they
23    represent  at the time of appointment and during their tenure
24    on the Board.  Members shall be appointed for  a  term  of  3
25    years.   No  member shall be eligible for appointment to more
26    than 2 consecutive  terms  and  any  appointment  to  fill  a
27    vacancy  shall  be for the unexpired portion of the term.  In
28    making  Board   appointments,   the   Director   shall   give
29    consideration   to   recommendations   submitted  by  nursing
30    organizations.    Consideration  shall  be  given  to   equal
31    geographic representation.
32        Members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for
33    their  service,  but  shall  receive  actual  and   necessary
34    expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of their duties.  A
 
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 1    member of the Board who experiences a  significant  financial
 2    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
 3    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
 4    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
 5    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
 6    Board.
 7        In  making  the  initial appointments, the Director shall
 8    appoint all new members for terms of 2, 3, and  4  years  and
 9    such  terms  shall  be  staggered  as  follows:   3  shall be
10    appointed for terms of 2 years;  3  shall  be  appointed  for
11    terms  of  3  years;  and 3 shall be appointed for terms of 4
12    years.
13        The Director may remove  any  member  of  the  Board  for
14    misconduct,  incapacity,  or  neglect  of duty.  The Director
15    shall reduce to writing any causes for removal.
16        The Board shall meet annually to elect a chairperson  and
17    vice  chairperson.   The  Board  may hold such other meetings
18    during the year as may be necessary to conduct its  business.
19    Six  voting members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at
20    any meeting.  Any action taken by the Board must  be  on  the
21    affirmative  vote of 6 members.  Voting by proxy shall not be
22    permitted.
23        The Board shall submit an annual report to the Director.
24        The members of the Board shall be immune from suit in any
25    action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other  acts
26    performed in good faith as members of the Board.
27        (b)  The Board is authorized to:
28             (1)  recommend  the adoption and, from time to time,
29        the revision of such rules that may be necessary to carry
30        out the provisions of this Act;
31             (2)  conduct hearings and  disciplinary  conferences
32        upon  charges  calling  for  discipline  of a licensee as
33        provided in Section 10-45;
34             (3)  report to the Department, upon completion of  a
 
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 1        hearing, the disciplinary actions recommended to be taken
 2        against persons violating this Act;
 3             (4)  recommend  the  approval,  denial  of approval,
 4        withdrawal  of  approval,  or   discipline   of   nursing
 5        education programs;
 6             (5)  participate in a national organization of state
 7        boards of nursing; and
 8             (6)  recommend  a  list  of the registered nurses to
 9        serve as Nursing Act Coordinator  and  Assistant  Nursing
10        Act Coordinator, respectively.
11    (Source:  P.A.  90-61,  eff.  12-30-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98;
12    91-414, eff. 8-6-99.)

13        (225 ILCS 65/15-35)
14        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
15        Sec. 15-35.  Advanced Practice Nursing Board.
16        (a)  There is hereby  established  an  Advanced  Practice
17    Nursing  Board,  hereinafter  referred to as the "APN Board".
18    The APN Board shall review and make  recommendations  to  the
19    Department   regarding  matters  relating  to  licensure  and
20    discipline of advanced practice nurses.  The APN Board  shall
21    be  composed  of 9 members to be appointed by the Governor, 4
22    of whom shall be advanced practice nurses and 3 of whom shall
23    be physicians  licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all  its
24    branches.    The   4  advanced  practice  nurses  shall  have
25    collaborative   agreements,   except   that   any   certified
26    registered nurse  anesthetist  is  not  required  to  have  a
27    collaborative   agreement.    The  3  physicians  shall  have
28    collaborative agreements, except that an anesthesiologist  is
29    not  required  to  have a collaborative agreement.  In making
30    appointments to the APN Board, the Governor  shall  give  due
31    consideration  to  recommendations  by statewide professional
32    associations or societies representing nurses and  physicians
33    in  Illinois.   Two  members,  not  employed  or  having  any
 
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 1    material  interest  in any health care field, shall represent
 2    the public.  The chairperson of the  APN  Board  shall  be  a
 3    member  elected by a majority vote of the APN Board.  The APN
 4    Board shall meet and report to the Department  quarterly  and
 5    as advanced practice nurse issues arise.
 6        Initial  appointments  to  the  APN  Board  shall be made
 7    within 90 days after the effective date  of  this  amendatory
 8    Act  of  1998.   The  terms of office of each of the original
 9    members shall be at staggered intervals.  One  physician  and
10    one  advanced practice nurse shall serve one-year terms.  One
11    physician and one advanced practice nurse shall serve  2-year
12    terms.   One  physician and one advanced practice nurse shall
13    serve 3-year terms.  One  advanced  practice  nurse  and  the
14    public members shall serve 4-year terms.  Upon the expiration
15    of  the term of an initial member, his or her successor shall
16    be appointed for a term of 4 years.  No  member  shall  serve
17    more  than 2 consecutive terms, excluding initial appointment
18    terms.  An appointment to fill a vacancy  shall  be  for  the
19    unexpired  portion  of  the  term.   Members of the APN Board
20    shall receive no compensation for their service, but shall be
21    reimbursed  for  all  authorized  legitimate  and   necessary
22    expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the APN Board.
23    A member of the Board who experiences a significant financial
24    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
25    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
26    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
27    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
28    Board.
29        A  majority  of  the  APN  Board  members appointed shall
30    constitute a quorum.
31        A vacancy in the membership of the APN  Board  shall  not
32    impair  the right of a quorum to perform all of the duties of
33    the APN Board.
34        A member of the APN Board shall have no liability  in  an
 
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 1    action based upon a disciplinary proceeding or other activity
 2    performed in good faith as a member of the APN Board.
 3        (b)  Complaints  received  concerning  advanced  practice
 4    nurses  shall  be  reviewed  by  the  APN  Board.  Complaints
 5    received  concerning  collaborating   physicians   shall   be
 6    reviewed by the Medical Disciplinary Board.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-742, eff. 8-13-98; 91-414, eff. 8-6-99.)

 8        Section 225-70. The Nursing Home Administrators Licensing
 9    and  Disciplinary  Act  is  amended  by changing Section 5 as
10    follows:

11        (225 ILCS 70/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 3655)
12        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
13        Sec. 5. Board.
14        (a)  There   is   hereby   created   the   Nursing   Home
15    Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Board.   The  Board
16    shall  consist  of  9 members appointed by the Governor.  All
17    shall be residents of the State of Illinois.   Three  members
18    shall  be representatives of the general public.  Six members
19    shall be nursing home administrators who for at least 5 years
20    prior to their appointments were  licensed  under  this  Act.
21    The   public   members   shall  have  no  responsibility  for
22    management or formation  of  policy  of,  nor  any  financial
23    interest  in,  nursing  homes as defined in this Act, nor any
24    other connection with the profession.  In appointing licensed
25    nursing home administrators, the  Governor  shall  take  into
26    consideration   the   recommendations  of  the  nursing  home
27    professional associations.
28        (b)  Members shall be appointed for a term of 4 years  by
29    the  Governor.   The  Governor shall fill any vacancy for the
30    remainder of the unexpired term. Any member of the Board  may
31    be  removed  by  the  Governor  for cause.  Each member shall
32    serve on the Board until his or her  successor  is  appointed
 
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 1    and  qualified.  No member of the Board shall serve more than
 2    2 consecutive 4 year terms.
 3        In making appointments  the  Governor  shall  attempt  to
 4    insure  that  the  various geographic regions of the State of
 5    Illinois are properly represented.
 6        (c)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
 7    chairperson and one as vice chairperson.  No officer shall be
 8    elected more than twice  in succession to  the  same  office.
 9    Each  officer shall serve until his or her successor has been
10    elected and qualified.
11        (d)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
12    shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the
13    Board  shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all
14    the rights and perform all the duties of the Board.
15        (e)  Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation
16    for  their service, but Each member and member-officer of the
17    Board shall receive a per diem stipend as the Director  shall
18    determine.    Each  member  shall  be  paid  their  necessary
19    expenses while engaged in the performance of their his or her
20    duties.  A member of the Board who experiences a  significant
21    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
22    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
23    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
24    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
25    Travel Control Board.
26        (f)  (Blank).
27        (g)  (Blank).
28        (h)  Members  of  the  Board shall be immune from suit in
29    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings  or  other
30    acts performed in good faith as members of the Board.
31        (i)  (Blank).
32        (j)  The  Director  shall  give  due consideration to all
33    recommendations of the Board. If the Director disagrees  with
34    or  takes action contrary to the recommendation of the Board,
 
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 1    he or she shall provide the Board with a written and specific
 2    explanation of his or her action.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-61, eff. 12-30-97.)

 4        Section  225-75.   The  Illinois   Occupational   Therapy
 5    Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 75/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 3705)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2003)
 8        Sec.   5.    The   Director  shall  appoint  an  Illinois
 9    Occupational Therapy Board as follows:  7 persons  who  shall
10    be  appointed  by  and shall serve in an advisory capacity to
11    the Director.  1 member  must  be  a  physician  licensed  to
12    practice  medicine  in all of its branches; 3 members must be
13    registered occupational  therapists  in  good  standing,  and
14    actively  engaged  in the practice of occupational therapy in
15    this State; 2 members must be certified occupational  therapy
16    assistants  in  good  standing  and  actively  engaged in the
17    practice of occupational therapy in this State; and 1  member
18    must  be  a public member who is not licensed under this Act,
19    or a similar Act  of  another  jurisdiction,  and  is  not  a
20    provider of health care service.
21        Members   shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until  their
22    successors are appointed and qualified.  No member  shall  be
23    appointed  under  this  or  any  prior  Act  to the Board for
24    service which  would  constitute  more  than  2  full  terms.
25    Appointments  to  fill  vacancies  shall  be made in the same
26    manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of
27    the  vacated  term.   Initial  terms  shall  begin  upon  the
28    effective date of this Act.
29        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
30    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
31    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
32        A member of  the  Board  who  experiences  a  significant
 
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 1    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
 2    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
 3    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
 4    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
 5    Travel Control Board.
 6        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
 7    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
 8        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
 9    for  cause  which  in  the opinion of the Director reasonably
10    justifies such termination.
11        The Director shall consider the  recommendations  of  the
12    Board   on  questions  involving  standards  of  professional
13    conduct, discipline  and  qualifications  of  candidates  and
14    license holders under this Act.
15    (Source: P.A. 88-424.)

16        Section  225-80.  The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of
17    1987 is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

18        (225 ILCS 80/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 3911)
19        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
20        Sec. 11.  Optometric Licensing  and  Disciplinary  Board.
21    The  Director  shall appoint an Illinois Optometric Licensing
22    and Disciplinary Board as follows: Seven persons who shall be
23    appointed by and shall serve in an advisory capacity  to  the
24    Director.  Five members must be lawfully and actively engaged
25    in  the practice of optometry in this State, one member shall
26    be a licensed optometrist who is a member, with  a  full-time
27    faculty  appointment  with the Illinois College of Optometry,
28    and one member must be a member of the public who shall be  a
29    voting  member  and  is  not  licensed  under  this Act, or a
30    similar Act of another jurisdiction, or have  any  connection
31    with  the  profession.   Neither  the  public  member nor the
32    faculty  member  shall  participate  in  the  preparation  or
 
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 1    administration of the examination of applicants for licensure
 2    or certification.
 3        Members  shall  serve  4-year  terms  and   until   their
 4    successors  are  appointed and qualified.  No member shall be
 5    appointed to the Board for  more  than  2  successive  4-year
 6    terms,  not counting any partial terms when appointed to fill
 7    the unexpired portion of a  vacated  term.   Appointments  to
 8    fill  vacancies  shall be made in the same manner as original
 9    appointments, for the unexpired portion of the vacated  term.
10    Initial  terms  shall  begin  upon the effective date of this
11    Act.  Board members in office on that date may  be  appointed
12    to specific terms as indicated herein.
13        The  Board  shall  annually  elect  a  chairperson  and a
14    vice-chairperson,   both   of   whom   shall   be    licensed
15    optometrists.
16        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
17    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
18        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
19    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
20    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
21        A member of  the  Board  who  experiences  a  significant
22    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
23    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
24    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
25    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
26    Travel Control Board.
27        A majority of the Board members currently appointed shall
28    constitute  a  quorum.   A  vacancy  in the membership of the
29    Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to  perform  all
30    of the duties of the Board.
31        The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member
32    for cause.
33        The  Director  shall  give  due  consideration   to   all
34    recommendations  of  the  Board,  and  in  the event that the
 
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 1    Director disagrees with  or  takes  action  contrary  to  the
 2    recommendation  of  the  Board,  he  or she shall provide the
 3    Board with a written and specific explanation of this action.
 4    None of the functions, powers or  duties  of  the  Department
 5    with   respect  to  policy  matters  relating  to  licensure,
 6    discipline, and examination, including  the  promulgation  of
 7    such rules as may be necessary for the administration of this
 8    Act,  shall be exercised by the Department except upon review
 9    of the Board.
10        Without,  in  any  manner,  limiting  the  power  of  the
11    Department to conduct investigations, the Board may recommend
12    to the Director that one or  more  licensed  optometrists  be
13    selected  by  the  Director  to  conduct  or  assist  in  any
14    investigation   pursuant   to   this   Act.    Such  licensed
15    optometrist may receive remuneration  as  determined  by  the
16    Director.
17    (Source: P.A. 91-141, eff. 7-16-99.)

18        Section   225-84.    The   Orthotics,   Prosthetics,  and
19    Pedorthics Practice Act is amended by changing Section 25  as
20    follows:

21        (225 ILCS 84/25)
22        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
23        Sec.   25.    Board   of   Orthotics,   Prosthetics,  and
24    Pedorthics.
25        (a)  There  is  established   a   Board   of   Orthotics,
26    Prosthetics,  and Pedorthics, which shall consist of 6 voting
27    members to be appointed by the Director. Three members  shall
28    be  practicing licensed orthotists, licensed prosthetists, or
29    licensed pedorthists.  These members may be licensed in  more
30    than  one  discipline  and  their  appointments  must equally
31    represent all 3 disciplines. One member shall be a member  of
32    the  public  who  is  a  consumer of orthotic, prosthetic, or
 
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 1    pedorthic professional  services.   One  member  shall  be  a
 2    public  member  who  is  not  licensed  under  this  Act or a
 3    consumer of services licensed under  this  Act.   One  member
 4    shall be a licensed physician.
 5        (b)  Each  member  of  the  Board shall serve a term of 3
 6    years, except that of the initial appointments to the  Board,
 7    2 members shall be appointed for one year, 2 members shall be
 8    appointed for 2 years, and 2 members shall be appointed for 3
 9    years.   Each member shall hold office and execute his or her
10    Board   responsibilities   until   the   qualification    and
11    appointment  of his or her successor.  No member of the Board
12    shall serve more than 8 consecutive years or  2  full  terms,
13    whichever is greater.
14        (c)  Members  of  the Board shall receive no compensation
15    for their service, but as compensation a  reasonable  sum  as
16    determined  by  the Director for each day actually engaged in
17    the  duties  of  the  office  and  shall  be  reimbursed  for
18    reasonable expenses incurred in performing the duties of  the
19    office.  A  member of the Board who experiences a significant
20    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
21    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
22    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
23    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
24    Travel Control Board.
25        (d)  A quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority of
26    Board members currently appointed.
27        (e)  The Director may terminate the  appointment  of  any
28    member  for  cause  which,  in  the  opinion  of the Director
29    reasonably justifies termination, which may include,  but  is
30    not  limited  to,  a  Board  member  who  does  not  attend 2
31    consecutive meetings.
32        (f)  Membership of the Board  should  reasonably  reflect
33    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
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 1        Section  225-85.   The  Pharmacy  Practice Act of 1987 is
 2    amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

 3        (225 ILCS 85/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 4130)
 4        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
 5        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-880)
 6        Sec. 10. State Board of Pharmacy. There is created in the
 7    Department the State Board of Pharmacy.  It shall consist  of
 8    9  members, 7 of whom shall be licensed pharmacists.  Each of
 9    those 7  members  must  be  a  licensed  pharmacist  in  good
10    standing  in  this State, a graduate of an accredited college
11    of pharmacy or hold a Bachelor of Science degree in  Pharmacy
12    and  have  at  least  5  years'  practical  experience in the
13    practice of pharmacy subsequent to the date of his  licensure
14    as  a  licensed  pharmacist  in the State of Illinois.  There
15    shall be 2 public members, who shall be voting  members,  who
16    shall  not be licensed pharmacists in this State or any other
17    state.
18        Each member shall be appointed by the Governor.
19        The terms of all members serving as  of  March  31,  1999
20    shall  expire  on  that  date.   The Governor shall appoint 3
21    persons to serve one-year terms, 3 persons  to  serve  3-year
22    terms,  and 3 persons to serve 5-year terms to begin April 1,
23    1999.  Otherwise, members shall be appointed to 5 year terms.
24    No member shall be eligible to serve more than 12 consecutive
25    years.
26        In making the appointment of members on  the  Board,  the
27    Governor  shall  give due consideration to recommendations by
28    the  members  of  the   profession   of   pharmacy   and   by
29    pharmaceutical  organizations  therein.   The  Governor shall
30    notify  the  pharmaceutical  organizations  promptly  of  any
31    vacancy of members on the Board  and  in  appointing  members
32    shall  give consideration to individuals engaged in all types
33    and settings of pharmacy practice.
 
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 1        The Governor may remove  any  member  of  the  Board  for
 2    misconduct, incapacity or neglect of duty and he shall be the
 3    sole judge of the sufficiency of the cause for removal.
 4        Every  person  appointed a member of the Board shall take
 5    and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and  file  it
 6    with  the  Secretary  of  State.   Members of the Board shall
 7    receive no compensation for their service, but Each member of
 8    the Board shall be reimbursed for such actual and  legitimate
 9    expenses  as  he  may incur in going to and from the place of
10    meeting and remaining thereat during sessions of  the  Board.
11    A member of the Board who experiences a significant financial
12    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
13    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
14    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
15    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
16    Board.  In addition, each member of the Board shall receive a
17    per diem payment in an amount determined from time to time by
18    the  Director  for  attendance  at  meetings of the Board and
19    conducting other official business of the Board.
20        The Board shall hold quarterly  meetings  and  an  annual
21    meeting  in  January  of each year and such other meetings at
22    such times and places and upon such notice as the  Board  may
23    determine  and  as its business may require.  Five members of
24    the Board shall constitute a quorum for  the  transaction  of
25    business.  The Director shall appoint a pharmacy coordinator,
26    who  shall  be someone other than a member of the Board.  The
27    pharmacy coordinator shall be a registered pharmacist in good
28    standing in this State, shall be a graduate of an  accredited
29    college  of  pharmacy,  or  hold  at  a minimum a Bachelor of
30    Science degree in Pharmacy and shall have at least  5  years'
31    experience  in  the practice of pharmacy immediately prior to
32    his appointment.   The  pharmacy  coordinator  shall  be  the
33    executive  administrator and the chief enforcement officer of
34    the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987.
 
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 1        The Board shall exercise the rights,  powers  and  duties
 2    which  have  been vested in the Board under this Act, and any
 3    other duties conferred upon the Board by law.
 4        The Director shall,  in  conformity  with  the  Personnel
 5    Code,  employ  not  less  than 7 pharmacy investigators and 2
 6    pharmacy supervisors.  Each pharmacy  investigator  and  each
 7    supervisor  shall be a registered pharmacist in good standing
 8    in this State, and shall  be  a  graduate  of  an  accredited
 9    college  of  pharmacy and have at least 5 years of experience
10    in the practice of  pharmacy.    The  Department  shall  also
11    employ at least one attorney who is a pharmacist to prosecute
12    violations of this Act and its rules.  The Department may, in
13    conformity  with the Personnel Code, employ such clerical and
14    other employees as are necessary to carry out the  duties  of
15    the Board.
16        The   duly   authorized  pharmacy  investigators  of  the
17    Department shall have the right to enter and  inspect  during
18    business  hours  any pharmacy or any other place in the State
19    of Illinois  holding  itself  out  to  be  a  pharmacy  where
20    medicines  or drugs or drug products or proprietary medicines
21    are sold, offered for sale, exposed for  sale,  or  kept  for
22    sale.    The   pharmacy   investigators  shall  be  the  only
23    Department investigators authorized to inspect,  investigate,
24    and   monitor   probation   compliance   of  pharmacists  and
25    pharmacies.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-827, eff. 6-13-00; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)

27        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-880)
28        Sec. 10. State Board of Pharmacy. There is created in the
29    Department the State Board of Pharmacy.  It shall consist  of
30    9  members, 7 of whom shall be licensed pharmacists.  Each of
31    those 7  members  must  be  a  licensed  pharmacist  in  good
32    standing  in  this State, a graduate of an accredited college
33    of pharmacy or hold a Bachelor of Science degree in  Pharmacy
34    and  have  at  least  5  years'  practical  experience in the
 
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 1    practice of pharmacy subsequent to the date of his  licensure
 2    as  a  licensed  pharmacist  in the State of Illinois.  There
 3    shall be 2 public members, who shall be voting  members,  who
 4    shall  not be licensed pharmacists in this State or any other
 5    state.
 6        Each member shall be appointed by the Governor.
 7        The terms of all members serving as  of  March  31,  1999
 8    shall  expire  on  that  date.   The Governor shall appoint 3
 9    persons to serve one-year terms, 3 persons  to  serve  3-year
10    terms,  and 3 persons to serve 5-year terms to begin April 1,
11    1999.  Otherwise, members shall be appointed to 5 year terms.
12    No member shall be eligible to serve more than 12 consecutive
13    years.
14        In making the appointment of members on  the  Board,  the
15    Governor  shall  give due consideration to recommendations by
16    the  members  of  the   profession   of   pharmacy   and   by
17    pharmaceutical  organizations  therein.   The  Governor shall
18    notify  the  pharmaceutical  organizations  promptly  of  any
19    vacancy of members on the Board  and  in  appointing  members
20    shall  give consideration to individuals engaged in all types
21    and settings of pharmacy practice.
22        The Governor may remove  any  member  of  the  Board  for
23    misconduct, incapacity or neglect of duty and he shall be the
24    sole judge of the sufficiency of the cause for removal.
25        Every  person  appointed a member of the Board shall take
26    and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and  file  it
27    with  the  Secretary  of  State.   Members of the Board shall
28    receive no compensation for their service, but Each member of
29    the Board shall be reimbursed for such actual and  legitimate
30    expenses  as  he  may incur in going to and from the place of
31    meeting and remaining thereat during sessions of  the  Board.
32    A member of the Board who experiences a significant financial
33    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
34    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
 
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 1    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
 2    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
 3    Board.  In addition, each member of the Board shall receive a
 4    per diem payment in an amount determined from time to time by
 5    the  Director  for  attendance  at  meetings of the Board and
 6    conducting other official business of the Board.
 7        The Board shall hold quarterly  meetings  and  an  annual
 8    meeting  in  January  of each year and such other meetings at
 9    such times and places and upon such notice as the  Board  may
10    determine  and  as its business may require.  Five members of
11    the Board shall constitute a quorum for  the  transaction  of
12    business.  The Director shall appoint a pharmacy coordinator,
13    who  shall  be someone other than a member of the Board.  The
14    pharmacy coordinator shall be a registered pharmacist in good
15    standing in this State, shall be a graduate of an  accredited
16    college  of  pharmacy,  or  hold  at  a minimum a Bachelor of
17    Science degree in Pharmacy and shall have at least  5  years'
18    experience  in  the practice of pharmacy immediately prior to
19    his appointment.   The  pharmacy  coordinator  shall  be  the
20    executive  administrator and the chief enforcement officer of
21    the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987.
22        The Board shall exercise the rights,  powers  and  duties
23    which  have  been vested in the Board under this Act, and any
24    other duties conferred upon the Board by law.
25        The Director shall,  in  conformity  with  the  Personnel
26    Code,  employ  not  less  than 7 pharmacy investigators and 2
27    pharmacy supervisors.  Each pharmacy  investigator  and  each
28    supervisor  shall be a registered pharmacist in good standing
29    in this State, and shall  be  a  graduate  of  an  accredited
30    college  of  pharmacy and have at least 5 years of experience
31    in the practice of  pharmacy.    The  Department  shall  also
32    employ at least one attorney who is a pharmacist to prosecute
33    violations of this Act and its rules.  The Department may, in
34    conformity  with the Personnel Code, employ such clerical and
 
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 1    other employees as are necessary to carry out the  duties  of
 2    the Board.
 3        The   duly   authorized  pharmacy  investigators  of  the
 4    Department shall have the right to enter and  inspect  during
 5    business  hours  any pharmacy or any other place in the State
 6    of Illinois  holding  itself  out  to  be  a  pharmacy  where
 7    medicines  or drugs or drug products or proprietary medicines
 8    are sold, offered for sale, exposed for  sale,  or  kept  for
 9    sale.    The   pharmacy   investigators  shall  be  the  only
10    Department investigators authorized to inspect,  investigate,
11    and  monitor probation compliance of pharmacists, pharmacies,
12    and pharmacy technicians.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-827, eff.  6-13-00;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02;
14    92-880, eff. 1-1-04.)

15        Section  225-90.   The  Illinois  Physical Therapy Act is
16    amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

17        (225 ILCS 90/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 4256)
18        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
19        Sec. 6.  Duties and functions of Director and  Committee.
20    The  Director  shall appoint a Physical Therapy Licensing and
21    Disciplinary Committee as follows:  Seven persons  who  shall
22    be  appointed  by  and shall serve in an advisory capacity to
23    the Director.  Six members must be actively  engaged  in  the
24    practice of physical therapy in this State for a minimum of 5
25    years  and  one  member must be a member of the public who is
26    not licensed under this Act, or  a  similar  Act  of  another
27    jurisdiction.
28        Members   shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until  their
29    successors are appointed and qualified, except  that  of  the
30    initial  appointments,  2 members shall be appointed to serve
31    for 2 years, 2 shall be appointed to serve for  3  years  and
32    the  remaining  shall  be  appointed to serve for 4 years and
 
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 1    until their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.   No
 2    member shall be reappointed to the Committee for a term which
 3    would  cause  his  continuous  service on the Committee to be
 4    longer  than  9  successive  years.   Appointments  to   fill
 5    vacancies  shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner as original
 6    appointments, for the unexpired portion of the vacated  term.
 7    Initial  terms  shall  begin  upon the effective date of this
 8    amendatory Act of 1987 and Committee  members  in  office  on
 9    that date shall be eligible for appointment to specific terms
10    as indicated herein.
11        For   the  initial  appointment  of  the  Committee,  the
12    Director shall give priority to  filling  the  public  member
13    terms as vacancies become available.
14        Members of the Committee shall be immune from suit in any
15    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or other
16    activities  performed  in  good  faith  as  members  of   the
17    Committee.
18        A  vacancy  in  the membership of the Committee shall not
19    impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the  rights  and
20    perform all the duties of the Committee.
21        The   members   of   the   Committee   shall  receive  no
22    compensation for their service, but shall be  reimbursed  for
23    are  entitled  to receive as compensation a reasonable sum as
24    determined by the Director for each day actually  engaged  in
25    the  duties  of  the  office and all legitimate and necessary
26    expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the Committee.
27    A member of  the  Committee  who  experiences  a  significant
28    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
29    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
30    business  of  the Committee may be paid a hardship allowance,
31    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
32    Governor's Travel Control Board.
33        The membership of the Committee should reasonably reflect
34    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
 
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 1        The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member
 2    for cause which in the opinion  of  the  Director  reasonably
 3    justifies such termination.
 4        The  Director  shall  consider the recommendations of the
 5    Committee on questions involving  standards  of  professional
 6    conduct,  discipline  and  qualifications  of  candidates and
 7    licensees under this Act.
 8        Nothing shall limit  the  ability  of  the  Committee  to
 9    provide  recommendations  to   the  Director in regard to any
10    matter affecting the administration of this Act. The Director
11    shall give due consideration to all  recommendations  of  the
12    Committee.  If  the  Director  takes  action  contrary  to  a
13    recommendation  of the Committee, the Director shall promptly
14    provide a written explanation of that action.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)

16        Section 225-100.  The Podiatric Medical Practice  Act  of
17    1987 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

18        (225 ILCS 100/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4807)
19        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
20        Sec.  7.   Creation  of  the  Board.   The Director shall
21    appoint a Podiatric Medical Licensing  Board  as  follows:  5
22    members must be actively engaged in the practice of podiatric
23    medicine  in  this  State  for  a  minimum of 3 years and one
24    member must be a member of the  general  public  who  is  not
25    licensed   under  this  Act  or  a  similar  Act  of  another
26    jurisdiction.
27        Members shall serve 3 year terms and  serve  until  their
28    successors  are  appointed  and qualified. No member shall be
29    reappointed to the Board for a term that would cause  his  or
30    her  continuous  service  on  the  Board  to be longer than 8
31    successive years.
32        A majority of Board  members  currently  appointed  shall
 
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 1    constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board
 2    shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise the rights
 3    and perform all of the duties of the Board.
 4        In  making  appointments  to the Board the Director shall
 5    give due consideration to  recommendations  by  the  Illinois
 6    Podiatric  Medical  Association  and  shall promptly give due
 7    notice to the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association  of  any
 8    vacancy in the membership of the Board.
 9        Appointments  to fill vacancies shall be made in the same
10    manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of
11    the vacated term.
12        The  Board  shall  annually  elect  a   chairperson   and
13    vice-chairperson.
14        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
15    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
16        Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in  any
17    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or other
18    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
19        The members of the Board shall  receive  no  compensation
20    for  their  service, but shall be reimbursed for each receive
21    as  compensation  a  reasonable  sum  as  determined  by  the
22    Director for each day actually engaged in the duties  of  the
23    office, and all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred in
24    attending  the  meetings  of the Board. A member of the Board
25    who experiences a significant financial hardship due  to  the
26    loss  of  income  on  days of attendance at meetings or while
27    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
28    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
29    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
30        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
31    for  cause  that  in  the  opinion of the Director reasonably
32    justifies such termination.
33        The Director shall consider the  recommendations  of  the
34    Board   on  questions  involving  standards  of  professional
 
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 1    conduct, discipline, and  qualifications  of  candidates  and
 2    licensees under this Act.
 3        Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the
 4    Board  and  the  Department  shall review the response of the
 5    Board and any  recommendations  made  in  the  response.  The
 6    Department  may,  at  any  time,  seek  the expert advice and
 7    knowledge  of  the  Board  on  any  matter  relating  to  the
 8    administration or enforcement of this Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 90-76, eff. 12-30-97.)

10        Section 225-106.  The Respiratory Care  Practice  Act  is
11    amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

12        (225 ILCS 106/35)
13        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
14        Sec. 35.  Respiratory Care Board.
15        (a)  The  Director shall appoint a Respiratory Care Board
16    which shall serve in an advisory capacity  to  the  Director.
17    The Board shall consist of 9 persons of which 4 members shall
18    be currently engaged in the practice of respiratory care with
19    a  minimum  of  3  years practice in the State of Illinois, 3
20    members shall be qualified medical directors, and  2  members
21    shall be hospital administrators.
22        (b)  Members shall be appointed to a 3-year term; except,
23    initial appointees shall serve the following terms: 3 members
24    shall  serve for one year, 3 members shall serve for 2 years,
25    and 3 members shall serve for 3 years.  A member  whose  term
26    has  expired  shall  continue  to  serve  until  his  or  her
27    successor  is  appointed  and  qualified.  No member shall be
28    reappointed to the Board for a term that would cause  his  or
29    her  continuous  service  on  the  Board  to be longer than 8
30    years.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made  in  the
31    same  manner  as  original  appointments  for  the  unexpired
32    portion  of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall begin upon
 
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 1    the effective date of this Act.
 2        (c)  The  membership  of  the  Board   shall   reasonably
 3    represent  all  the  geographic  areas  in  this  State.  The
 4    Director  shall   consider   the   recommendations   of   the
 5    organization  representing  the largest number of respiratory
 6    care practitioners for appointment of  the  respiratory  care
 7    practitioner  members  of  the  Board  and  the  organization
 8    representing  the  largest  number of licensed physicians for
 9    the appointment of medical directors to the board.
10        (d)  The Director has the authority to remove any  member
11    of  the Board from office for neglect of any duty required by
12    law, for incompetency, or for unprofessional or  dishonorable
13    conduct.
14        (e)  The  Director  shall consider the recommendations of
15    the Board on questions involving  standards  of  professional
16    conduct,  discipline,  and  qualifications  of candidates for
17    licensure under this Act.
18        (f)  The  members  of  the   Board   shall   receive   no
19    compensation  for  their service, but shall be reimbursed for
20    all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred  in  attending
21    meetings  of the Board. A member of the Board who experiences
22    a significant financial hardship due to the loss of income on
23    days of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged  in
24    the  business  of the Board may be paid a hardship allowance,
25    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
26    Governor's Travel Control Board.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-33, eff. 1-1-96.)

28        Section 225-107.  The Professional Counselor and Clinical
29    Professional  Counselor  Licensing Act is amended by changing
30    Section 30 as follows:

31        (225 ILCS 107/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 8451-30)
32        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
 
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 1        Sec.   30.  Professional    Counselor    Examining    and
 2    Disciplinary Board.
 3        (a)  The Director shall appoint a Board which shall serve
 4    in  an  advisory  capacity  to  the Director. The Board shall
 5    consist of 7 persons,  2  of  whom  are  licensed  solely  as
 6    professional  counselors,  3  of  whom are licensed solely as
 7    clinical  professional  counselors,  one  full-time   faculty
 8    member of an accredited college or university that is engaged
 9    in  training professional counselors or clinical professional
10    counselors who  possesses  the  qualifications  substantially
11    equivalent to the education and experience requirements for a
12    professional  counselor  or  clinical professional counselor,
13    and one member of the public who is  not  a  licensed  health
14    care  provider.  In  appointing  members  of  the  Board, the
15    Director  shall  give  due  consideration  to  the   adequate
16    representation  of  the  various  fields  of  counseling.  In
17    appointing  members of the Board, the Director shall give due
18    consideration  to   recommendations   by   members   of   the
19    professions   of   professional   counseling   and   clinical
20    professional    counseling,   the   Statewide   organizations
21    representing the interests  of  professional  counselors  and
22    clinical  professional counselors, organizations representing
23    the interests of academic programs, rehabilitation counseling
24    programs, and approved counseling programs in  the  State  of
25    Illinois.
26        (b)  Members  shall  be  appointed  for and shall serve 4
27    year terms and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
28    qualified,  except that of the initial appointments 2 members
29    shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2 shall be appointed
30    to serve for 3 years, and the remaining shall be appointed to
31    serve for 4 years and until their  successors  are  appointed
32    and  qualified.  No  member shall be reappointed to the Board
33    for a term that would cause continuous service on  the  Board
34    to  be longer than 8 years. Any appointment to fill a vacancy
 
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 1    shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.
 2        (c)  The  membership  of  the  Board  should   reasonably
 3    reflect  representation  from  different  geographic areas of
 4    Illinois.
 5        (d)  Any member appointed to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  be
 6    eligible for reappointment to only one full term.
 7        (e)  The  Director may remove any member for cause at any
 8    time prior to the expiration of his or her term.
 9        (f)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
10    chairperson.
11        (g)  The  members  of  the   Board   shall   receive   no
12    compensation  for  their service, but shall be reimbursed for
13    all legitimate, necessary, and authorized  expenses  incurred
14    in attending the meetings of the Board. A member of the Board
15    who  experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the
16    loss of income on days of attendance  at  meetings  or  while
17    otherwise  engaged in the business of the Board may be paid a
18    hardship allowance, as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the
19    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
20        (h)  The   Board  may  make  recommendations  on  matters
21    relating to  approving  graduate  counseling,  rehabilitation
22    counseling, psychology, and related programs.
23        (i)  The   Board  may  make  recommendations  on  matters
24    relating to continuing  education  including  the  number  of
25    hours necessary for license renewal, waivers for those unable
26    to  meet  such  requirements,  and acceptable course content.
27    These recommendations shall not impose an undue burden on the
28    Department or an unreasonable restriction  on  those  seeking
29    license renewal.
30        (j)  The  Director  shall  give  due consideration to all
31    recommendations of the Board.
32        (k)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
33    shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the
34    Board  shall  not impair the right of a quorum to perform all
 
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 1    of the duties of the Board.
 2        (l)  Members of the Board shall have no criminal,  civil,
 3    or   professional   liability  in  an  action  based  upon  a
 4    disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed  in  good
 5    faith  as a member of the Board, except for willful or wanton
 6    misconduct.
 7    (Source: P.A. 92-719, eff. 7-25-02.)

 8        Section 225-110.  The Illinois Speech-Language  Pathology
 9    and  Audiology  Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5
10    as follows:

11        (225 ILCS 110/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7905)
12        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
13        Sec.  5.   Board   of   Speech-Language   Pathology   and
14    Audiology.  There  is  created  a  Board  of  Speech-Language
15    Pathology  and Audiology to be composed of persons designated
16    from time to time by the Director, as follows:
17             (a)  Five persons, 2  of  whom  have  been  licensed
18        speech-language  pathologists  for a period of 5 years or
19        more, 2 of whom have been  licensed  audiologists  for  a
20        period  of  5  years or more, and one public member.  The
21        board  shall  annually  elect   a   chairperson   and   a
22        vice-chairperson.
23             (b)  Terms  for  all  members  shall be for 3 years.
24        Partial terms over 2 years in length shall be  considered
25        as  full  terms.   A  member  may  be  reappointed  for a
26        successive term, but no member shall serve  more  than  2
27        full terms.
28             (c)  The  membership  of the Board should reasonably
29        reflect representation from the various geographic  areas
30        of the State.
31             (d)  In   making  appointments  to  the  Board,  the
32        Director shall give due consideration to  recommendations
 
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 1        by  organizations  of  the  speech-language pathology and
 2        audiology professions in Illinois, including the Illinois
 3        Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and  shall  promptly
 4        give  due  notice to such organizations of any vacancy in
 5        the membership of the Board.  The Director may  terminate
 6        the appointment of any member for any cause, which in the
 7        opinion   of  the  Director,  reasonably  justifies  such
 8        termination.
 9             (e)  A  majority  of  the  Board  members  currently
10        appointed shall constitute a quorum.  A  vacancy  in  the
11        membership  of  the Board shall not impair the right of a
12        quorum to exercise all the rights  and  perform  all  the
13        duties of the Board.
14             (f)  The  members  of  the  Board  shall  receive no
15        compensation for their service, but shall  be  reimbursed
16        for  each  receive  as  compensation  a reasonable sum as
17        determined by the Director for each day actually  engaged
18        in  the  duties  of  the  office,  and all legitimate and
19        necessary expenses incurred in attending the meetings  of
20        the  Board.  A  member  of  the  Board  who experiences a
21        significant financial hardship due to the loss of  income
22        on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings or while otherwise
23        engaged in the business  of  the  Board  may  be  paid  a
24        hardship  allowance,  as determined by and subject to the
25        approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
26             (g)  Members of the Board shall be immune from  suit
27        in  any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or
28        other activities performed in good faith  as  members  of
29        the Board.
30             (h)  The  Director  may consider the recommendations
31        of the Board in establishing guidelines for  professional
32        conduct,  the conduct of formal disciplinary  proceedings
33        brought under this Act, and qualifications of applicants.
34        Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the
 
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 1        Board and the Department shall review the response of the
 2        Board and any recommendations made in the  response.  The
 3        Department,  at  any time, may seek the expert advice and
 4        knowledge of the Board on  any  matter  relating  to  the
 5        administration or enforcement of this Act.
 6             (i)  Whenever   the   Director   is  satisfied  that
 7        substantial justice  has  not  been  done  either  in  an
 8        examination  or in the revocation, suspension, or refusal
 9        of a license, or other disciplinary action relating to  a
10        license,  the  Director  may  order  a  reexamination  or
11        rehearing.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-69, eff. 7-8-97.)

13        Section  225-115.   The  Veterinary  Medicine and Surgery
14    Practice Act of 1994 is amended  by  changing  Section  7  as
15    follows:

16        (225 ILCS 115/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 7007)
17        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2004)
18        Sec.  7.   Veterinarian Licensing and Disciplinary Board.
19    The Director  shall  appoint  a  Veterinarian  Licensing  and
20    Disciplinary  Board as follows:  7 persons shall be appointed
21    by and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director, 6
22    members must be licensed, in good standing, veterinarians  in
23    this  State,  and must be actively engaged in the practice of
24    veterinary medicine and surgery in this State, and one member
25    must be a member of the public who is not licensed under this
26    Act, or a similar Act of another jurisdiction and who has  no
27    connection with the veterinary profession.
28        Members   shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until  their
29    successors are appointed and qualified, except  that  of  the
30    initial  appointments, one member shall be appointed to serve
31    for one year, 2 shall be appointed to serve for  2  years,  2
32    shall  be  appointed to serve for 3 years, and the remaining,
 
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 1    one of which shall be a public member, shall be appointed  to
 2    serve  for  4  years and until their successors are appointed
 3    and qualified.  No member shall be reappointed to  the  Board
 4    for more than 2 terms.   Appointments to fill vacancies shall
 5    be  made in the same manner as original appointments, for the
 6    unexpired portion of the vacated term.  Initial  terms  shall
 7    begin upon the effective date of this Act.
 8        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
 9    representation from the geographic areas in this State.   The
10    Director shall consider the recommendations made by the State
11    Veterinary Medical Association in making appointments.
12        The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member
13    for cause which in the opinion  of  the  Director  reasonably
14    justifies such termination.
15        The  Board shall annually elect a Chairman who shall be a
16    Veterinarian.
17        The   Director   shall   consider    the    advice    and
18    recommendations of the Board on questions involving standards
19    of  professional  conduct,  discipline  and qualifications of
20    candidates and licensees under this Act.
21        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
22    their  service,  but  be  entitled to receive a per diem at a
23    rate set by the Director and  shall  be  reimbursed  for  all
24    authorized expenses incurred in the exercise of their duties.
25    A member of the Board who experiences a significant financial
26    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
27    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
28    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
29    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
30    Board.
31        Members  of  the  Board  have  no liability in any action
32    based upon any  disciplinary  proceeding  or  other  activity
33    performed in good faith as a member of the Board.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-827, eff. 6-13-00.)
 
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 1        Section   225-120.    The   Wholesale  Drug  Distribution
 2    Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 45 as follows:

 3        (225 ILCS 120/45) (from Ch. 111, par. 8301-45)
 4        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
 5        Sec. 45.  Wholesale Drug Distributor Advisory Committee.
 6        (1)  The  Department  shall  appoint  a  Wholesale   Drug
 7    Distributor  Advisory  Committee composed of 5 members, to be
 8    selected and for performing duties  and  responsibilities  as
 9    follows:
10             (a)  At   least  one  member  shall  be  a  pharmacy
11        distributor as defined in Section 15 of this Act, but who
12        shall be neither a member  of  any  other  Department  of
13        Professional  Regulation Board nor a Department employee;
14        except that if no such pharmacy distributor is  available
15        to  be  a  Committee  member, the member required by this
16        subsection shall be a representative  of  wholesale  drug
17        distributors   in   addition   to  those  representatives
18        provided for in subsection (b).
19             (b)  At least 2 members shall be representatives  of
20        wholesale  drug  distributors as defined in Section 15 of
21        this Act, except that the wholesale drug distributors  in
22        this subsection shall not include any drug manufacturer.
23             (c)  At  least  one member shall be a representative
24        of drug manufacturers.
25             (d)  At least one member shall be  a  representative
26        of chain drug wholesalers.
27        (2)  (e)  The  Advisory  Committee  shall review and make
28    recommendations to the Department on the merit of  all  rules
29    and  regulations  dealing  with  wholesale drug distributors,
30    pharmacy  distributors,  and  drug  manufacturers  that   are
31    proposed  by  the Department. No rule or regulation affecting
32    wholesale  drug   distributors   or   pharmacy   distributors
33    promulgated by the Department shall be approved without first
 
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 1    being submitted to the Committee reasonably ahead of time for
 2    review and comment.
 3        (3)  (f)  In  making Advisory Committee appointments, the
 4    Department shall consider recommendations received from  each
 5    of  the wholesale drug distributor, pharmacy distributor, and
 6    drug manufacturer classes cited in  subsections  (a)  through
 7    (c)  of this Section; and shall promulgate rules that provide
 8    for solicitation of recommendations.
 9        (4)  Members of the Advisory Committee shall  receive  no
10    compensation  for  their  service,  but may be reimbursed for
11    reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the  course  of
12    that  service.   A  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee  who
13    experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the loss
14    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
15    otherwise engaged in the business of the  Advisory  Committee
16    may  be  paid  a  hardship  allowance,  as  determined by and
17    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
18    Board.
19    (Source: P.A. 87-594.)

20        Section   225-125.   The  Perfusionist  Practice  Act  is
21    amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

22        (225 ILCS 125/25)
23        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
24        Sec. 25.  Board of Perfusion.  The Director shall appoint
25    a Board of Perfusion to consist of 5  persons  who  shall  be
26    appointed  by  and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
27    Director.  Two members must hold an active license to  engage
28    in  the  practice of perfusion in this State, one member must
29    be a physician licensed under the  Medical  Practice  Act  of
30    1987  who  is  board certified in and actively engaged in the
31    practice of cardiothoracic surgery,  one  member  must  be  a
32    licensed  registered  professional  nurse  certified  by  the
 
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 1    Association  of Operating Room Nurses, and one member must be
 2    a member of the public who is not licensed under this Act  or
 3    a  similar  Act  of  another  jurisdiction  and  who  has  no
 4    connection  with  the profession.  The initial appointees who
 5    would otherwise be  required  to  be  licensed  perfusionists
 6    shall   instead  be  individuals  who  have  been  practicing
 7    perfusion for at least 5 years and  who  are  eligible  under
 8    this Act for licensure as perfusionists.
 9        Members   shall   serve  4-year  terms  and  until  their
10    successors are appointed and qualified, except that,  of  the
11    initial  appointments,  2 members shall be appointed to serve
12    for 2 years, 2 members shall be  appointed  to  serve  for  3
13    years,  and 1 member shall be appointed to serve for 4 years,
14    and until their successors are appointed and  qualified.   No
15    member  shall  be  reappointed  to  the Board for a term that
16    would cause his or her continuous service on the Board to  be
17    longer  than  8  consecutive  years.   Appointments  to  fill
18    vacancies  shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner as original
19    appointments for the unexpired portion of the  vacated  term.
20    Initial  terms  shall  begin  upon the effective date of this
21    Act.
22        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
23    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
24    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
25        A member of  the  Board  who  experiences  a  significant
26    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
27    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
28    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
29    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
30    Travel Control Board.
31        The  Board  shall  annually  elect  a  chairperson  and a
32    vice-chairperson who shall preside  in  the  absence  of  the
33    chairperson.   The  membership of the Board should reasonably
34    reflect representation from the various geographic  areas  in
 
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 1    this  State.   The  Director may terminate the appointment of
 2    any  member  for  cause.    The   Director   may   give   due
 3    consideration   to  all  recommendations  of  the  Board.   A
 4    majority of  the  Board  members  currently  appointed  shall
 5    constitute  a  quorum.   A  vacancy  in the membership of the
 6    Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise  the
 7    rights  and  perform all the duties of the Board.  Members of
 8    the Board shall have no liability in any  action  based  upon
 9    any  disciplinary  proceeding  or other activity performed in
10    good faith as a member of the Board.
11    (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)

12        Section 225-305.  The Illinois Architecture Practice  Act
13    of 1989 is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:

14        (225 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 1309)
15        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
16        Sec.  9.   Creation  of  the  Board.   The Director shall
17    appoint an Architecture Licensing Board which will consist of
18    6 members.  Five members shall be licensed architects, one of
19    whom shall be a tenured member of the  architectural  faculty
20    of the University of Illinois.  The other 4 shall be licensed
21    architects,  residing in this State, who have been engaged in
22    the practice of architecture at least 10 years.  In  addition
23    to  the  5  licensed  architects,  there  shall be one public
24    member.  The public member shall be a voting member and shall
25    not hold a license as an  architect,  professional  engineer,
26    structural engineer or land surveyor.
27        Board  members  shall  serve 5 year terms and until their
28    successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  In  making   the
29    designation  of persons to the Board, the Director shall give
30    due  consideration  to   recommendations   by   members   and
31    organizations of the profession.
32        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
 
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 1    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
 2        No member shall be reappointed to the Board  for  a  term
 3    which  would cause his or her continuous service on the Board
 4    to be longer than 10 successive years.  Service prior to  the
 5    effective date of this Act shall not be considered.
 6        Appointments  to fill vacancies shall be made in the same
 7    manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of
 8    the vacated  term.    Initial  terms  shall  begin  upon  the
 9    effective  date  of  this  Act and Board members in office on
10    that date under the  predecessor  Act  may  be  appointed  to
11    specific terms as indicated in this Section.
12        Persons  holding office as members of the Board under the
13    Illinois Architecture Act immediately prior to the  effective
14    date of this Act shall continue as members of the Board under
15    this Act until the expiration of the term for which they were
16    appointed  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
17    qualified.
18        Members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for
19    their service, but  may  be  reimbursed  for  reasonable  and
20    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
21        A  member  of  the  Board  who  experiences a significant
22    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
23    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
24    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
25    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
26    Travel Control Board.
27        A quorum of the Board shall  consist  of  a  majority  of
28    Board  members  currently  appointed.  A majority vote of the
29    quorum is required for Board decisions.
30        The Director may remove  any  member  of  the  Board  for
31    misconduct,  incompetence,  neglect  of  duty, or for reasons
32    prescribed by law for removal of State officials.
33        The Director may remove a member of the  Board  who  does
34    not attend 2 consecutive meetings.
 
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 1        Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the
 2    Board  and  the  Department  shall review the response of the
 3    Board and any recommendations made therein.   The  Department
 4    may, at any time, seek the expert advice and knowledge of the
 5    Board  on  any  matter  relating  to  the  administration  or
 6    enforcement of this Act.
 7        Members  of  the Board are immune from suit in any action
 8    based upon any disciplinary proceedings or  other  activities
 9    performed in good faith as members of the Board.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-133, eff. 1-1-00.)

11        Section  225-310.   The  Interior  Design  Title  Act  is
12    amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

13        (225 ILCS 310/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 8206)
14        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
15        Sec.  6.   Board of Interior Design Professionals.  There
16    is created a Board of Interior  Design  Professionals  to  be
17    composed  of  persons  designated  from  time  to time by the
18    Director, as follows:
19        (a)  For the first year, 5 persons, 4 of whom  have  been
20    interior  designers for a period of 5 years or more who would
21    qualify upon application to the Department under this Act  to
22    be  registered  interior  designers,  and  one public member.
23    After the initial appointments, each interior  design  member
24    shall  hold  a valid interior design registration.  After the
25    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1994,  2  additional
26    persons  shall  be  appointed  to  the  Board  who  have been
27    residential interior designers for a period  of  5  years  or
28    more and who would qualify upon application under this Act to
29    be  registered as a residential interior designer.  After the
30    initial  appointments  of  the  2  additional  members,  each
31    residential interior  designer  member  shall  hold  a  valid
32    residential  interior designer registration.  The Board shall
 
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 1    annually elect a chairman.
 2        (b)  Terms for all members shall be 3 years.  For initial
 3    appointments, one member shall be appointed to serve for  one
 4    year,  2  shall  be  appointed  to serve for 2 years, and the
 5    remaining shall be appointed to serve for 3 years  and  until
 6    their  successors are appointed and qualified.  Initial terms
 7    shall begin on the effective  date  of  this  Act.   For  the
 8    initial  appointments  of  the  2 additional members added by
 9    this amendatory Act of 1994, one shall be appointed to  serve
10    for  one  year  and the other to serve for 2 years, and until
11    their successors are appointed and qualified.  Partial  terms
12    over  2 years in length shall be considered as full terms.  A
13    member may be reappointed  for  a  successive  term,  but  no
14    member shall serve more than 2 full terms.
15        (c)  The   membership  of  the  Board  should  reasonably
16    reflect representation from the various geographic  areas  of
17    the State.
18        (d)  In  making  appointments  to the Board, the Director
19    shall give due consideration to recommendations  by  national
20    and state organizations of the interior design profession and
21    the   residential   interior  design  profession,  and  shall
22    promptly give due notice to such organizations of any vacancy
23    in the membership of the Board.  The Director  may  terminate
24    the  appointment  of  any  member for any cause, which in the
25    opinion  of   the   Director,   reasonably   justifies   such
26    termination.
27        (e)  A  vacancy  in the membership of the Board shall not
28    impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the  rights  and
29    perform all the duties of the Board.
30        (f)  The   members   of   the   Board  shall  receive  no
31    compensation for their service, but shall be  reimbursed  for
32    each  receive  as compensation a reasonable sum as determined
33    by the Director for each day actually engaged in  the  duties
34    of  the  office,  and  all  legitimate and necessary expenses
 
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 1    incurred in the course of that service attending the  meeting
 2    of  the  Board.    A  member  of  the Board who experiences a
 3    significant financial hardship due to the loss of  income  on
 4    days  of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged in
 5    the business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,
 6    as   determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
 7    Governor's Travel Control Board.
 8        (g)  Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in
 9    any  action  based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other
10    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
11    (Source: P.A. 88-650, eff. 9-16-94.)

12        Section 225-315.  The Illinois Landscape Architecture Act
13    of 1989 is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:

14        (225 ILCS 315/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 8109)
15        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
16        Sec. 9.  Composition, qualification, and terms of Board.
17        (a)  The Director shall appoint a Board consisting  of  5
18    persons  who  are  residents of the State of Illinois and who
19    shall be appointed by and shall serve in an advisory capacity
20    to  the  Director.   Four  persons   shall   be   individuals
21    experienced in landscape architectural work who would qualify
22    upon  application  to  the Department under the provisions of
23    this Act to be registered landscape architects, one  of  whom
24    shall be tenured member of the landscape architecture faculty
25    of  the  University  of  Illinois  and  3  of whom shall have
26    engaged in landscape architectural work for at least 5 years.
27    The fifth person shall be a public member, not an employee of
28    the State of Illinois, who is not registered under  this  Act
29    or  a similar Act of another jurisdiction.  The public member
30    may not be elected or appointed as chairman of the  Board  or
31    serve in such capacity in any other manner.
32        (b)  Members  of  the  Board shall serve 5 year terms and
 
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 1    until their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.   No
 2    member  shall  be  reappointed  to the Board for a term which
 3    would cause that member's cumulative service on the Board  to
 4    be  longer  than  10  years.     No  member who is an initial
 5    appointment to the Board shall be reappointed  to  the  Board
 6    for a term which would cause that member's cumulative service
 7    on  the  Board  to  be longer than 13 years.  Appointments to
 8    fill vacancies shall be made in the same manner  as  original
 9    appointments  for  the unexpired portion of the vacated term.
10    Initial terms shall begin upon the  effective  date  of  this
11    Act.
12        (c)  The  Director may remove any member of the Board for
13    cause, which may include without limitation a member who does
14    not attend 2 consecutive meetings.
15        (d)  The Director shall consider the  recommendations  of
16    the  Board  on  questions involving standards of professional
17    conduct, discipline, and  qualifications  of  candidates  and
18    registrants under this Act.
19        (e)  A quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority of
20    members  currently  appointed.  A majority vote of the quorum
21    is required for board decisions.
22        (f)  The Board shall annually  elect  a  chairperson  and
23    vice  chairperson,  both  of whom shall be licensed landscape
24    architects.
25        (g)  Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation
26    for  their  service, but may be reimbursed for reasonable and
27    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.  A
28    member of the Board who experiences a  significant  financial
29    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
30    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
31    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
32    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
33    Board.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-255, eff. 12-30-99.)
 
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 1        Section  225-320.   The  Illinois Plumbing License Law is
 2    amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

 3        (225 ILCS 320/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 1106)
 4        Sec. 7.  (1) There is created an Illinois State Board  of
 5    Plumbing  Examiners  which shall exercise its duties provided
 6    in this Act under the supervision  of  the  Department.   The
 7    Board  shall  consist  of 9 licensed plumbers designated from
 8    time to time by the Director.  In making the appointments  to
 9    the Board, the Director shall consider the recommendations of
10    individuals,  firms  or organizations involved in plumbing in
11    this State.
12        (2)  The Board shall aid the Director and the  Department
13    by:
14        (a)  Preparing   subject   matter   for  examinations  as
15    provided in this Act.
16        (b)  Suggesting rules to govern examinations and hearings
17    for suspension, revocation or reinstatement of licenses.
18        (c)  Submitting recommendations to the Director from time
19    to time for the efficient administration of this Act.
20        (d)  Grading all tests and examinations for licenses  and
21    promptly reporting the results to the Director.
22        (e)  Performing  such  other  duties  from  time  to time
23    prescribed by the Director.
24        (3)  Board members  shall  receive  no  compensation  for
25    their service, but Each Board member shall be compensated the
26    sum of $50 for each day or part thereof on which he serves on
27    business  of  the  Board  and  in  addition  thereto shall be
28    reimbursed for necessary per diem expenses  incurred  in  the
29    course  of that service as authorized for State employees.  A
30    member of the Board who experiences a  significant  financial
31    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
32    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
33    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
 
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 1    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
 2    Board.
 3    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)

 4        Section  225-325.   The Professional Engineering Practice
 5    Act of 1989 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 325/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 5206)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
 8        Sec. 6.  Composition, qualifications  and  terms  of  the
 9    Board.
10        (a)  The  Board  shall  be  appointed by the Director and
11    shall consist of 10 members, one of whom shall  be  a  public
12    member and 9 of whom shall be professional engineers licensed
13    under   this   Act.    In  addition  each  member  who  is  a
14    professional engineer shall:
15             (1)  be a citizen of the United States, and
16             (2)  be a resident of this State.
17        (b)  In addition,  each  member  who  is  a  professional
18    engineer shall:
19             (1)  have  not  less  than 12 years of experience in
20        the practice of professional engineering, and shall  hold
21        an active license as a professional engineer in Illinois;
22             (2)  have been in charge of professional engineering
23        work  for  at  least  5  years.  For the purposes of this
24        Section, any period in which a person has been in  charge
25        of  teaching  engineering  in an engineering college with
26        the rank  of  assistant  professor  or  higher  shall  be
27        considered  as time in which such person was in charge of
28        professional engineering work.
29        The terms for all members shall be for 5 years.   On  the
30    expiration  of  the  term  of any member or in the event of a
31    vacancy, the Director shall appoint a member who  shall  hold
32    office  until the expiration of the term for which the member
 
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 1    is appointed and until a successor  has  been  appointed  and
 2    qualified.
 3        No  member  shall  be reappointed to the Board for a term
 4    which would cause that individual's continuous service on the
 5    Board to be longer than 15 successive years.
 6        In implementing the 5 year terms, the Director shall vary
 7    the terms to enable the Board to have no more  than  2  terms
 8    expire in any one year.
 9        The  public  member shall not be an employee of the State
10    of Illinois. The public member shall be an Illinois  resident
11    and a citizen of the United States.
12        In  making  appointments to the Board, the Director shall
13    give due consideration to recommendations by members  of  the
14    profession and by organizations therein.
15        The  Director  may  remove  any  member  of the Board for
16    misconduct, incompetence, neglect  of  duty  or  for  reasons
17    prescribed by law for removal of State officials.
18        The  Director  may  remove a member of the Board who does
19    not attend 2 consecutive meetings.
20        A quorum of the Board shall  consist  of  a  majority  of
21    Board  members  appointed.    Majority  vote of the quorum is
22    required for Board decisions.
23        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
24    their  service,  but  Each  member of the Board shall receive
25    compensation  when  attending  Board  meetings  or   meetings
26    approved  by  the  Director  and  shall be reimbursed for all
27    actual traveling  expenses.    A  member  of  the  Board  who
28    experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the loss
29    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
30    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
31    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
32    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
33        Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in  any
34    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or other
 
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 1    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
 2        Persons  holding  office  as   members   of   the   Board
 3    immediately prior to the effective date of this Act under the
 4    Act  repealed  herein  shall continue as members of the Board
 5    until  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  they  were
 6    appointed  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
 7    qualified.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-92, eff. 1-1-00.)

 9        Section 225-330.  The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor
10    Act of 1989 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

11        (225 ILCS 330/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 3257)
12        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
13        Sec.  7.   Creation  of  the   Board;   Composition   and
14    qualifications  and  terms  of the Board.  The Board shall be
15    appointed by the Director and shall consist of 7 members, one
16    of whom shall be a public member  and  6  of  whom  shall  be
17    Professional  Land Surveyors.  The members shall be residents
18    of Illinois.  Each Professional Land  Surveyor  member  shall
19    (a) currently hold a valid Professional Land Surveyor license
20    in Illinois and shall have held the license under this Act or
21    its predecessor for the previous 10 year period, and (b) have
22    not  been  disciplined  within  the last 10 year period under
23    this Act or its predecessor.  The public member shall not  be
24    an  employee  of  the  State  of  Illinois  or of the federal
25    government, and shall not be licensed under this Act  or  any
26    other Act the Department administers.
27        Members  shall  be appointed who reasonably represent the
28    different geographic areas of Illinois and shall serve for  5
29    year  terms,  and  until  their  successors are qualified and
30    appointed.   A member shall not be eligible  for  appointment
31    to  more  than  2  consecutive 5 year terms.  Appointments to
32    fill vacancies shall be made for the unexpired portion of the
 
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 1    term.  Initial terms shall begin on  the  effective  date  of
 2    this  Act.  Board  members currently appointed under this Act
 3    and in office  on  the  effective  date  of  this  Act  shall
 4    continue to hold office until their terms expire and they are
 5    replaced.  All  appointments  shall  be  made on the basis of
 6    individual professional qualifications with the exception  of
 7    the  public  member and shall not be based upon race, sex, or
 8    religious or political affiliations.
 9        Members  Each  member  of  the  Board  shall  receive  no
10    compensation  for  their  service,  but   compensation   when
11    attending  to  the work of the Board or any of its committees
12    and for time spent in necessary travel.  In addition, members
13    shall be reimbursed for  actual  traveling,  incidentals  and
14    expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out their duties as
15    members  of the Board.  A member of the Board who experiences
16    a significant financial hardship due to the loss of income on
17    days of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged  in
18    the  business  of the Board may be paid a hardship allowance,
19    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
20    Governor's Travel Control Board.
21        The    Director    shall    consider   the   advice   and
22    recommendations of the Board on issues involving standards of
23    professional conduct, discipline and  qualifications  of  the
24    candidates and licensees under this Act.
25        The  Director shall make the Board appointments within 90
26    days of any vacancy.  The Professional Land Surveyor  members
27    shall  be  selected from a current list of candidates updated
28    by June 1 of each year, as submitted by members of  the  land
29    surveying profession and by affiliated organizations.
30        Members  of  the  Board  shall be immune from suit in any
31    action based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or  other
32    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
33        The  Director  may  remove  any  member  of the Board for
34    misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duty, or for any  reason
 
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 1    prescribed  by  law for removal of State Officials or for not
 2    attending 2 consecutive Board meetings.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-132, eff. 1-1-00.)

 4        Section 225-335.  The Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing
 5    Act is amended by changing Section 11.5 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 335/11.5)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
 8        Sec. 11.5.  The Roofing Advisory  Board  is  created  and
 9    shall  consist  of  8 persons, one of whom is a knowledgeable
10    public member and 7 of whom  have  been  issued  licenses  as
11    roofing  contractors by the Department. One of the 7 licensed
12    roofing contractors on the Board shall represent a  statewide
13    association  representing  home builders and another of the 7
14    licensed roofing contractors shall represent  an  association
15    predominately  representing  retailers.    The  public member
16    shall not be licensed under this Act or  any  other  Act  the
17    Department  administers.   Each  member shall be appointed by
18    the Director.  Members  shall  be  appointed  who  reasonably
19    represent the different geographic areas of the State.
20        Members  of  the  Roofing  Advisory Board shall be immune
21    from  suit  in  any  action  based  upon   any   disciplinary
22    proceedings  or other acts performed in good faith as members
23    of the Roofing Advisory Board, unless the conduct  that  gave
24    rise to the suit was willful and wanton misconduct.
25        The  persons  appointed shall hold office for 4 years and
26    until a successor is appointed and  qualified.   The  initial
27    terms  shall begin July 1, 1997.  Of the members of the Board
28    first appointed, 2 shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2
29    shall be appointed to serve for  3  years,  and  3  shall  be
30    appointed  to  serve for 4 years.  No member shall serve more
31    than 2 complete 4 year terms.
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 1    fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the  term  with
 2    an  appointee who meets the same qualifications as the person
 3    whose position has  become  vacant.   The  Board  shall  meet
 4    annually  to  elect  one member as chairman and one member as
 5    vice-chairman.  No officer shall be elected more  than  twice
 6    in  succession  to the same office.  The members of the Board
 7    shall receive no compensation for their  service,  but  shall
 8    receive  reimbursement  for actual, necessary, and authorized
 9    expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the  Board.  A
10    member  of  the Board who experiences a significant financial
11    hardship due to the loss of income on days of  attendance  at
12    meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the
13    Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by  and
14    subject  to  the  approval  of  the Governor's Travel Control
15    Board.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-950, eff. 2-9-01.)

17        Section 225-340.  The Structural Engineering Practice Act
18    of 1989 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

19        (225 ILCS 340/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 6607)
20        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
21        Sec.  7.  The  Director  shall   appoint   a   Structural
22    Engineering  Board  which  shall  consist of 6 members.  Five
23    members shall be Illinois licensed structural engineers,  who
24    have  been  engaged in the practice of structural engineering
25    for a minimum of 10 years, and one shall be a public  member.
26    The public member shall be a voting member and shall not hold
27    a  license as an architect, professional engineer, structural
28    engineer or land surveyor.
29        Members  shall  serve  5  year  terms  and  until   their
30    successors are appointed and qualified.
31        In making the designation of persons to act, the Director
32    shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of
 
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 1    the   profession  and  by  organizations  of  the  structural
 2    engineering profession.
 3        The membership of the  Board  should  reasonably  reflect
 4    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
 5        No  member  shall  be reappointed to the Board for a term
 6    which would cause his or her continuous service on the  Board
 7    to  be longer than 14 successive years.  Service prior to the
 8    effective date  of  this  Act  shall  not  be  considered  in
 9    calculating length of service.
10        Members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for
11    their service, but  may  be  reimbursed  for  reasonable  and
12    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
13        A  member  of  the  Board  who  experiences a significant
14    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
15    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
16    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
17    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
18    Travel Control Board.
19        Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the  same
20    manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of
21    the  vacated  term.  Initial terms under this Act shall begin
22    upon  the  expiration  of  the  terms  of  Committee  members
23    appointed under The Illinois Structural Engineering Act.
24        Persons holding office as members of the Board under this
25    Act on the effective date of this Act shall serve as  members
26    of  the Board under this Act until the expiration of the term
27    for which they were appointed and until their successors  are
28    appointed and qualified under this Act.
29        A  quorum  of  the  Board  shall consist of a majority of
30    Board  members  appointed.   A  majority  of  the  quorum  is
31    required for Board decisions.
32        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
33    for  cause  which  in  the opinion of the Director reasonably
34    justifies such termination, which may  include,  but  is  not
 
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 1    limited  to, a Board member who does not attend 2 consecutive
 2    meetings.
 3        Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the
 4    Board and the Department shall review  the  response  of  the
 5    Board  and  any recommendations made therein.  The Department
 6    may, at any time, seek the expert advice and knowledge of the
 7    Board  on  any  matter  relating  to  the  administration  or
 8    enforcement of this Act.
 9        Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in  any
10    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or other
11    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
12        Whenever the Director is not satisfied  that  substantial
13    justice  has  been  done  in an examination, the Director may
14    order a reexamination by the same or other examiners.
15    (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00; 92-237, eff. 8-3-01.)

16        Section 225-407.  The Auction License Act is  amended  by
17    changing Section 30-30 as follows:

18        (225 ILCS 407/30-30)
19        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
20        Sec. 30-30.  Auction Advisory Board.
21        (a)  There  is hereby created the Auction Advisory Board.
22    The Advisory Board shall consist of 7 members  and  shall  be
23    appointed  by  the Commissioner.  In making the appointments,
24    the  Commissioner  shall  give  due  consideration   to   the
25    recommendations by members and organizations of the industry,
26    including  but  not limited to the Illinois State Auctioneers
27    Association.  Four members of the  Advisory  Board  shall  be
28    licensed   auctioneers,   except   that   for   the   initial
29    appointments, these members may be persons without a license,
30    but  who have been auctioneers for at least 5 years preceding
31    their appointment to the Advisory Board.  One member shall be
32    a public member who represents the interests of consumers and
 
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 1    who is not licensed under this Act or the spouse of a  person
 2    licensed  under  this  Act  or who has any responsibility for
 3    management  or  formation  of  policy  of  or  any  financial
 4    interest  in  the  auctioneering  profession  or  any   other
 5    connection with the profession.  One member shall be actively
 6    engaged  in the real estate industry and licensed as a broker
 7    or salesperson.  One member shall be the Director of  Auction
 8    Regulation, ex-officio, and shall serve as the Chairperson of
 9    the Advisory Board.
10        (b)  Members  shall  be  appointed for a term of 4 years,
11    except that of  the initial appointments, 3 members shall  be
12    appointed  to  serve a term of 3 years and 4 members shall be
13    appointed to serve a term of 4 years, including the Director.
14    The Commissioner shall fill a vacancy for  the  remainder  of
15    any  unexpired term.  Each member shall serve on the Advisory
16    Board until his or her successor is appointed and  qualified.
17    No  person  shall  be  appointed  to serve more than 2 terms,
18    including the unexpired portion of a term due to vacancy.  To
19    the  extent  practicable,  the  Commissioner  shall   appoint
20    members  to insure that the various geographic regions of the
21    State are properly represented on the Advisory Board.
22        (c)  A majority of the Advisory Board  members  currently
23    appointed  shall  constitute  a  quorum.   A  vacancy  in the
24    membership of the Advisory Board shall not impair  the  right
25    of a quorum to exercise all of the rights and perform all the
26    duties of the Board.
27        (d)  Each  member  of  the  Advisory  Board  shall  serve
28    without  compensation  but  receive  a per diem stipend in an
29    amount to be determined by  the  Commissioner.   Each  member
30    shall  be paid his or her necessary expenses while engaged in
31    the performance of  his  or  her  duties.  A  member  of  the
32    Advisory   Board  who  experiences  a  significant  financial
33    hardship due to the loss of income on days of  attendance  at
34    meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the business of the
 
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 1    Advisory  Board  may  be  paid  a  hardship   allowance,   as
 2    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
 3    Travel Control Board.
 4        (e)  Members of the Advisory Board shall be  immune  from
 5    suit  in an action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or
 6    other acts performed in good faith as members of the Advisory
 7    Board.
 8        (f)  The Advisory Board shall meet monthly or as convened
 9    by the Chairperson.
10        (g)  The Advisory Board shall advise the OBRE on  matters
11    of  licensing  and  education and make recommendations to the
12    OBRE on those matters and shall hear and make recommendations
13    to the Commissioner on disciplinary matters  that  require  a
14    formal evidentiary hearing.
15        (h)  The Commissioner shall give due consideration to all
16    recommendations of the Advisory Board.
17    (Source: P.A. 91-603, eff. 1-1-00.)

18        Section 225-410.  The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and
19    Nail  Technology  Act  of 1985 is amended by changing Section
20    4-2 as follows:

21        (225 ILCS 410/4-2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1704-2)
22        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
23        Sec. 4-2. The Barber, Cosmetology,  Esthetics,  and  Nail
24    Technology   Committee.   There  is  established  within  the
25    Department  the  Barber,  Cosmetology,  Esthetics,  and  Nail
26    Technology Committee, composed of 11 persons designated  from
27    time  to  time  by the Director to advise the Director in all
28    matters related to the practice  of  barbering,  cosmetology,
29    esthetics, and nail technology.
30        The  11  members  of  the Committee shall be appointed as
31    follows: 6  licensed  cosmetologists,  all  of  whom  hold  a
32    current  license  as  a  cosmetologist or cosmetology teacher
 
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 1    and, for appointments made after the effective date  of  this
 2    amendatory  Act of 1996, at least 2 of whom shall be an owner
 3    of or a major stockholder in a school of cosmetology, one  of
 4    whom shall be a representative of a franchiser with 5 or more
 5    locations   within   the  State,  one  of  whom  shall  be  a
 6    representative of an owner operating  salons  in  5  or  more
 7    locations   within  the  State,  one  of  whom  shall  be  an
 8    independent salon owner, and  no  one  of  the  cosmetologist
 9    members  shall be a manufacturer, jobber, or stockholder in a
10    factory of cosmetology articles or an immediate family member
11    of any of the above; 2 of whom shall  be  barbers  holding  a
12    current   license;   one  member  who  shall  be  a  licensed
13    esthetician or esthetics teacher; one member who shall  be  a
14    licensed  nail technician or nail technology teacher; and one
15    public member who holds no licenses issued by the Department.
16    The Director shall give due consideration for  membership  to
17    recommendations  by  members  of the professions and by their
18    professional organizations.  Members shall serve 4 year terms
19    and until their successors are appointed and  qualified.   No
20    member  shall be reappointed to the Committee for more than 2
21    terms.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made  in  the
22    same  manner  as  original  appointments  for  the  unexpired
23    portion  of  the  vacated term.   Members of the Committee in
24    office on the effective date of this amendatory Act  of  1996
25    shall  continue  to  serve  for  the duration of the terms to
26    which  they  have  been  appointed,  but  beginning  on  that
27    effective date all appointments  of  licensed  cosmetologists
28    and  barbers  to  serve  as members of the Committee shall be
29    made in a manner that will effect at  the  earliest  possible
30    date  the  changes made by this amendatory Act of 1996 in the
31    representative composition of the Committee.
32        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
33    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
34    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
 
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 1        A member of the Committee who experiences  a  significant
 2    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
 3    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
 4    business  of  the Committee may be paid a hardship allowance,
 5    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
 6    Governor's Travel Control Board.
 7        Whenever  the  Director  is  satisfied  that  substantial
 8    justice has not been done in an examination, the Director may
 9    order a reexamination by the same or other examiners.
10    (Source:  P.A.  89-387,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-706, eff. 1-31-97;
11    90-580, eff. 5-21-98.)

12        Section  225-415.   The  Illinois   Certified   Shorthand
13    Reporters  Act  of  1984  is amended by changing Section 8 as
14    follows:

15        (225 ILCS 415/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 6208)
16        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2004)
17        Sec. 8.  The Director shall appoint a certified Shorthand
18    Reporters Board as follows:  7 persons who shall be appointed
19    by and shall serve in an advisory capacity to  the  Director.
20    Six  members  must  be certified shorthand reporters, in good
21    standing, and actively engaged in the practice  of  shorthand
22    reporting in this State for ten years, and one member must be
23    a  member  of the public who is not certified under this Act,
24    or a similar Act of another jurisdiction.
25        Members  shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until   their
26    successors  are  appointed  and qualified, except that of the
27    initial appointments, one member shall be appointed to  serve
28    for  one  year,  2 shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2
29    shall be appointed to serve for 3 years,  and  the  remaining
30    one,  who  shall  be the public member, shall be appointed to
31    serve for 4 years, until their successors are  appointed  and
32    qualified.  No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a
 
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 1    term  that would cause his continuous service on the Board to
 2    be longer than 8 successive  years.   Service  prior  to  the
 3    effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1991 shall be
 4    considered. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be  made  in
 5    the  same  manner as original appointments, for the unexpired
 6    portion of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall begin  upon
 7    the effective date of this Act.
 8        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
 9    representation from the geographic areas in this  State.   In
10    making  appointments  to  the  Board, the Director shall give
11    consideration  to  recommendations  by  national  and   State
12    organizations  of the shorthand reporter profession and shall
13    promptly give notice to such organizations of any vacancy  in
14    the membership of the Board.
15        Members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for
16    their service, but  may  be  reimbursed  for  reasonable  and
17    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
18        A  member  of  the  Board  who  experiences a significant
19    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
20    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
21    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
22    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
23    Travel Control Board.
24        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
25    for  cause  which  in  the opinion of the Director reasonably
26    justifies such termination.
27        The Director shall consider the  recommendations  of  the
28    Board   on  questions  involving  standards  of  professional
29    conduct, discipline  and  qualifications  of  candidates  and
30    certificate holders under this Act.
31        The  Director may remove any member who fails to attend 3
32    consecutive meetings unless the member has a medical excuse.
33    (Source: P.A. 91-827, eff. 6-13-00.)
 
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 1        Section 225-425.  The Collection Agency Act is amended by
 2    changing Section 13.1 as follows:

 3        (225 ILCS 425/13.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 2038.1)
 4        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
 5        Sec. 13.1.  Collection Agency Licensing and  Disciplinary
 6    Board.  There  is  created  in  the Department the Collection
 7    Agency Licensing and Disciplinary Board composed of 7 members
 8    appointed by the Director. Five members of the Board shall be
 9    employed in a collection agency registered under this Act and
10    2 members of the Board shall represent the general public and
11    shall not be employed by or possess an ownership interest  in
12    any collection agency registered under this Act.
13        The  Board  shall elect a chairman from among its members
14    and shall meet at least twice each year.  The members of  the
15    Board  shall  receive no compensation for their services, but
16    shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the
17    performance of their duties.   A  member  of  the  Board  who
18    experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the loss
19    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
20    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
21    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
22    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
23        Members shall serve for a term of 4 years and until their
24    successors are appointed and  qualified.   No  Board  member,
25    after  the  effective  date  of  this amendatory Act of 1995,
26    shall be appointed to more than  2  full  consecutive  terms.
27    The  initial  terms  created  by  this amendatory Act of 1995
28    shall count as full terms for the purposes  of  reappointment
29    to  the  Board.   Appointments  to  fill  vacancies  for  the
30    unexpired portion of a vacated term shall be made in the same
31    manner as original appointments.
32        The   appointments   of  those  Board  members  currently
33    appointed  shall  end  upon  the  effective  date   of   this
 
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 1    amendatory  Act  of  1995,  and those Board members currently
 2    sitting at the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995,
 3    shall be reappointed to the following terms  by  and  in  the
 4    discretion of the Director:
 5             (1)  one member shall be appointed for one year;
 6             (2)  two  members  shall  be  appointed  to  serve 2
 7        years;
 8             (3)  two members  shall  be  appointed  to  serve  3
 9        years; and
10             (4)  two  members  shall be appointed to serve for 4
11        years.
12    All members shall serve until their successors are  appointed
13    and qualified.
14        The  Board  members appointed to terms by this amendatory
15    Act of 1995 shall be appointed as soon as possible after  the
16    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)

18        Section  225-441.   The  Home  Inspector  License  Act is
19    amended by changing Section 25-10 as follows:

20        (225 ILCS 441/25-10)
21        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
22        Sec. 25-10.  Home Inspector Advisory Board.
23        (a)  There is hereby created the Home Inspector  Advisory
24    Board.   The  Board  shall  be  composed  of 7 voting members
25    appointed by the Commissioner, plus the liaison under Section
26    25-15, who shall serve ex officio and without vote.   Members
27    shall  be  appointed  to  the  Board subject to the following
28    conditions:
29             (1)  All appointed members shall have been residents
30        and citizens of this State for at least 5 years prior  to
31        the date of appointment.
32             (2)  The  appointed  membership  of the Board should
 
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 1        reasonably reflect the  geographic  distribution  of  the
 2        population of the State.
 3             (3)  Five   appointed   members  shall  be  actively
 4        engaged and currently licensed as home inspectors, except
 5        that the initial appointees  may  be  persons  without  a
 6        license who have been actively engaged as home inspectors
 7        for  a period of 5 years immediately before the effective
 8        date of this Act.  Failure of an initial appointee  under
 9        this  item  (3)  to  obtain  a license by January 1, 2003
10        shall constitute resignation from the Board.
11             (4)  One appointed member shall hold a valid license
12        as a real estate broker  and  shall  have  been  actively
13        engaged  as a real estate broker for a period of not less
14        than 5 years.
15             (5)  One  appointed  member  shall   represent   the
16        interests  of  the  general  public.  This member and the
17        member's spouse shall not be licensed under this Act, nor
18        be employed by nor have any interest in a home inspection
19        business or a real estate brokerage business.
20        In making appointments to  the  Board,  the  Commissioner
21    shall  give  due  consideration to recommendations by members
22    and organizations representing the home inspection  and  real
23    estate industries.
24        (b)  The  term for members of the Board shall be 4 years,
25    except  for  the  initial   appointees.    Of   the   initial
26    appointees,  4  members  shall  be appointed for terms ending
27    January 1, 2007 and 3 members shall be  appointed  for  terms
28    ending  January  1, 2006.  No member shall serve more than 10
29    years in a lifetime.
30        (c)  The Commissioner may terminate  the  appointment  of
31    any   member   for   cause   that,  in  the  opinion  of  the
32    Commissioner, reasonably justifies the termination. Cause for
33    termination  may  include,  without  limitation,  misconduct,
34    incapacity, neglect of duty,  or  missing  4  Board  meetings
 
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 1    during any one calendar year.
 2        (d)  A majority of the voting members currently appointed
 3    shall  constitute  a  quorum.  A vacancy in the membership of
 4    the Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to  exercise
 5    all of the rights and perform all of the duties of the Board.
 6        (e)  The  Board  shall meet at least quarterly and may be
 7    convened by the Chairperson or 3 members of the Board upon 10
 8    days' written notice.
 9        (g)  The liaison appointed pursuant to Section  25-15  of
10    this  Act  shall  serve,  ex  officio,  as Chairperson of the
11    Board, without vote.
12        (h)  The Board shall advise OBRE on matters of  licensing
13    and education and shall make recommendations to OBRE on those
14    matters.    OBRE   shall   give   due  consideration  to  all
15    recommendations presented by the Board.
16        (i)  The Board shall hear and make recommendations to the
17    Commissioner on disciplinary matters that  require  a  formal
18    evidentiary   hearing.    The  Commissioner  shall  give  due
19    consideration to the recommendations of the  Board  involving
20    discipline  and questions about the standards of professional
21    conduct of licensees.
22        (j)  The  Board  may   make   recommendations   to   OBRE
23    concerning  the  consistency of the rules with the provisions
24    of this Act and the administration  and  enforcement  of  the
25    rules.    OBRE   shall   give   due   consideration   to  the
26    recommendations of the Board prior to promulgating rules.
27        (k)  The Board shall make recommendations to OBRE on  the
28    approval  of  courses  submitted to OBRE pursuant to this Act
29    and  rules.   OBRE  shall  give  due  consideration  to   the
30    recommendations of the Board prior to approving courses.
31        (l)  Members  of  the Board shall receive no compensation
32    for their service, but voting members shall be reimbursed for
33    Each voting member of the Board  shall  receive  a  per  diem
34    stipend  in  an  amount to be determined by the Commissioner.
 
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 1    Each voting  member  shall  be  paid  his  or  her  necessary
 2    expenses while engaged in the performance of their his or her
 3    duties.   A member of the Board who experiences a significant
 4    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
 5    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
 6    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
 7    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
 8    Travel Control Board.
 9        (m)  Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in an
10    action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other  acts
11    performed in good faith as members of the Board.
12    (Source: P.A. 92-239, eff. 8-3-01.)

13        Section  225-446.   The Private Detective, Private Alarm,
14    Private Security, and Locksmith Act of  1993  is  amended  by
15    changing Section 45 as follows:

16        (225 ILCS 446/45)
17        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2003)
18        Sec.     45.  Board;    membership;    terms;    removal;
19    compensation.
20        (a)  The Board shall consist of 11 members  appointed  by
21    the Director, 3 of whom shall be licensed private detectives,
22    2  of  whom shall be licensed private security contractors, 2
23    of whom shall be licensed private  alarm  contractors,  2  of
24    whom  shall  be  licensed  locksmiths, one of whom shall be a
25    public member who is not licensed or  registered  under  this
26    Act  or  a similar Act of another jurisdiction and who has no
27    connection with a business licensed under this Act,  and  one
28    of  whom  shall  represent the interests of employees who are
29    registered under this Act.  Each member shall be  a  resident
30    of  Illinois.  Each licensed member shall have a minimum of 5
31    years experience as a licensee in the  professional  area  in
32    which  the  person  is  licensed  and be in good standing and
 
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 1    actively engaged in practice in that profession.   In  making
 2    Board  appointments, the Director shall give consideration to
 3    the recommendations by  members  of  the  profession  and  by
 4    professional  organizations.  The membership shall reasonably
 5    reflect representation from geographic areas in this State.
 6        (b)  Members shall serve 4 year terms and may serve until
 7    their successors are appointed and qualified. No member shall
 8    be  appointed  to  the  Board  for   more   than   2   terms.
 9    Appointments  to  fill  vacancies  shall  be made in the same
10    manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion  of
11    the  vacated term. Members of the previous Board in office on
12    the effective date of this Act shall serve for  the  duration
13    of  their  term  and may be appointed for one additional term
14    under this Act.
15        (c)  A member of the Board may be removed from office for
16    just  cause.    A  member  subject  to  formal   disciplinary
17    proceedings  shall  disqualify  himself or herself from Board
18    business until the charge is resolved.  A member  also  shall
19    disqualify  himself  or  herself from any matter on which the
20    member may not objectively make a decision.
21        (d)  Members shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their
22    service,  but  shall compensation as set by law.  Each member
23    shall also receive reimbursement  as  set  by  the  Governors
24    Travel  Control  Board  for expenses incurred in carrying out
25    the duties as a Board member.  A  member  of  the  Board  who
26    experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the loss
27    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
28    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
29    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
30    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
31        (e)  A  majority  of   Board   members   then   appointed
32    constitutes  a  quorum.   A  majority  vote  of the quorum is
33    required for a Board decision.
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 1    considers necessary.
 2        (g)  Board members are not liable for any of their  acts,
 3    omissions,  decisions,  or  other  conduct in connection with
 4    their duties on the Board, except  those  involving  willful,
 5    wanton, or intentional misconduct.
 6    (Source: P.A. 88-363; 89-366, eff. 1-1-96.)

 7        Section  225-450.   The Illinois Public Accounting Act is
 8    amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 9        (225 ILCS 450/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 5502)
10        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
11        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-457)
12        Sec. 2.  Examinations. The  University  shall  appoint  a
13    Board of Examiners that shall determine the qualifications of
14    persons  applying  for  certificates and shall make rules for
15    and conduct examinations for determining the qualifications.
16        The Board shall consist of 9 examiners,  at  least  7  of
17    whom  shall be certified public accountants in this State who
18    have been residents of  this  State  for  at  least  5  years
19    immediately preceding their appointment.  One shall be either
20    an  accountant  of  the grade herein described or an attorney
21    licensed and residing in  this  State  and  one  shall  be  a
22    certified  public  accountant  who  is  an  active or retired
23    educator residing in this State.  The term of office of  each
24    examiner  shall be 3 years, except that upon the enactment of
25    this amendatory Act of 1993, those members currently  serving
26    on  the  Board  shall continue to serve the duration of their
27    terms, one additional examiner shall be appointed for a  term
28    of  one  year, one additional examiner for a term of 2 years,
29    and 2 additional examiners for a term of  3  years.   As  the
30    term  of  each  examiner  expires,  the  appointment shall be
31    filled for a term of 3 years from  the  date  of  expiration.
32    Any Board member who has served as a member for 6 consecutive
 
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 1    years  shall  not be eligible for reappointment until 2 years
 2    after the end of the term in which the sixth consecutive year
 3    of service occurred.
 4        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
 5    their  service,  but  may  be  reimbursed  for reasonable and
 6    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
 7        A member of  the  Board  who  experiences  a  significant
 8    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
 9    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
10    business  of  the  Board may be paid a hardship allowance, as
11    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
12    Travel Control Board.
13        The  time  and place of holding the examinations shall be
14    determined by the Board and shall be duly advertised  by  the
15    Board.
16        The  examination  shall test the applicant's knowledge of
17    accounting, auditing, and other related subjects, if any,  as
18    the  Board  may deem advisable.  A candidate must be examined
19    in all subjects except that a candidate who has passed  in  2
20    or  more  subjects  and  who attained a minimum grade in each
21    subject failed as may be  established  by  Board  regulations
22    shall  have  the  right  to  be  re-examined in the remaining
23    subjects  at  one  or  more  of   the   next   6   succeeding
24    examinations.
25        The  Board may in certain cases waive or defer any of the
26    requirements of this Section regarding the  circumstances  in
27    which  the various Sections of the examination must be passed
28    upon a showing that, by reasons of circumstances  beyond  the
29    applicant's  control,  the  applicant  was unable to meet the
30    requirement.
31        Applicants may also be required to pass an examination on
32    the rules of professional conduct,  as  determined  by  Board
33    rule to be appropriate.
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 1        Any  application,  document or other information filed by
 2    or concerning an applicant and any examination grades  of  an
 3    applicant  shall  be  deemed  confidential  and  shall not be
 4    disclosed to anyone without the prior written  permission  of
 5    the  applicant, except that it is hereby deemed in the public
 6    interest that the names and addresses only of all  applicants
 7    shall   be   a  public  record  and  be  released  as  public
 8    information.  Nothing herein shall  prevent  the  Board  from
 9    making  public announcement of the names of persons receiving
10    certificates under this Act.
11        The Board shall adopt all necessary and reasonable  rules
12    and  regulations  for  the  effective  administration  of the
13    Sections  of  this  Act  for  which  it   is   charged   with
14    administering.   Without  limiting  the  foregoing, the Board
15    shall adopt and prescribe rules and regulations  for  a  fair
16    and   wholly   and   impartial   method  of  determining  the
17    qualifications of applicants for examination and for  a  fair
18    and  wholly  and  impartial  method of examination of persons
19    under  Section  2  and  may  establish  rules  for   subjects
20    conditioned  and  for  the  transfer  of  credits  from other
21    jurisdictions with respect to subjects passed.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-36.)

23        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-457)
24        Sec. 2.  Examinations. The Governor shall appoint a Board
25    of Examiners  that  shall  determine  the  qualifications  of
26    persons  applying  for  certificates and shall make rules for
27    and conduct examinations for determining the qualifications.
28    The Board shall consist of not less than 9 nor more  than  11
29    examiners,  as  determined  by Board rule, including 2 public
30    members. The remainder shall be certified public  accountants
31    in  this  State  who have been residents of this State for at
32    least 5 years immediately preceding their appointment, except
33    that one shall be either a certified public accountant of the
34    grade herein described or an attorney licensed  and  residing
 
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 1    in  this State and one shall be a certified public accountant
 2    who is an active or retired educator residing in this  State.
 3    The  term of office of each examiner shall be 3 years, except
 4    that upon the enactment of this amendatory Act  of  the  92nd
 5    General  Assembly,  those  members  currently  serving on the
 6    Board shall continue to serve the duration  of  their  terms,
 7    one  additional examiner shall be appointed for a term of one
 8    year, one additional examiner for a term of 2 years, and  any
 9    additional  examiners  for  terms of 3 years.  As the term of
10    each examiner expires, the appointment shall be filled for  a
11    term  of  3  years  from  the  date of expiration.  Any Board
12    member who has served as a member  for  6  consecutive  years
13    shall  not  be eligible for reappointment until 2 years after
14    the end of the term in which the sixth  consecutive  year  of
15    service occurred, except that members of the Board serving on
16    the  effective  date  of  this  Section shall be eligible for
17    appointment  to  one  additional  3-year  term.   Where   the
18    expiration  of any member's term shall result in less than 11
19    members then serving on the Board, the member shall  continue
20    to  serve  until  his  or  her successor is appointed and has
21    qualified. The Governor may terminate the term of any  member
22    of the Board at any time for cause.
23        Members  of  the  Board shall receive no compensation for
24    their service, but  may  be  reimbursed  for  reasonable  and
25    necessary expenses incurred in the course of that service.
26        A  member  of  the  Board  who  experiences a significant
27    financial hardship due to the  loss  of  income  on  days  of
28    attendance  at  meetings  or  while  otherwise engaged in the
29    business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,  as
30    determined  by  and subject to the approval of the Governor's
31    Travel Control Board.
32        The time and place of holding the examinations  shall  be
33    determined  by  the Board and shall be duly advertised by the
34    Board.
 
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 1        The examination shall test the applicant's  knowledge  of
 2    accounting,  auditing, and other related subjects, if any, as
 3    the Board may deem advisable.  A candidate must  be  examined
 4    in  all  subjects except that a candidate who has passed in 2
 5    or more subjects and who attained a  minimum  grade  in  each
 6    subject  failed  as  may  be established by Board regulations
 7    shall have the right  to  be  re-examined  in  the  remaining
 8    subjects   at   one   or   more  of  the  next  6  succeeding
 9    examinations.
10        The Board may in certain cases waive or defer any of  the
11    requirements  of  this Section regarding the circumstances in
12    which the various Sections of the examination must be  passed
13    upon  a  showing that, by reasons of circumstances beyond the
14    applicant's control, the applicant was  unable  to  meet  the
15    requirement.
16        Applicants may also be required to pass an examination on
17    the  rules  of  professional  conduct, as determined by Board
18    rule to be appropriate.
19        The examinations shall be given at least twice a year.
20        Any application, document or other information  filed  by
21    or  concerning  an applicant and any examination grades of an
22    applicant shall be  deemed  confidential  and  shall  not  be
23    disclosed  to  anyone without the prior written permission of
24    the applicant, except that it is hereby deemed in the  public
25    interest  that the names and addresses only of all applicants
26    shall  be  a  public  record  and  be  released   as   public
27    information.   Nothing  herein  shall  prevent the Board from
28    making public announcement of the names of persons  receiving
29    certificates under this Act.
30        The  Board shall adopt all necessary and reasonable rules
31    and regulations for the effective administration of this Act.
32    Without limiting the foregoing, the  Board  shall  adopt  and
33    prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for a fair and wholly and
34    impartial  method  of  determining  the   qualifications   of
 
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 1    applicants  for  examination  and  for  a fair and wholly and
 2    impartial method of examination of persons  under  Section  2
 3    and  may establish rules for subjects conditioned and for the
 4    transfer of credits from other jurisdictions with respect  to
 5    subjects passed.
 6    (Source: P.A. 92-457, eff. 7-1-04.)

 7        Section  225-454.  The Real Estate License Act of 2000 is
 8    amended by changing Sections 25-10 and 30-10 as follows:

 9        (225 ILCS 454/25-10)
10        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
11        Sec. 25-10.  Real Estate Administration and  Disciplinary
12    Board;   duties.   There   is   created   the   Real   Estate
13    Administration  and  Disciplinary  Board.  The Board shall be
14    composed of 9 persons  appointed  by  the  Governor.  Members
15    shall  be  appointed  to  the  Board subject to the following
16    conditions:
17             (1)  All  members  shall  have  been  residents  and
18        citizens of this State for at least 6 years prior to  the
19        date of appointment.
20             (2)  Six members shall have been actively engaged as
21        brokers or salespersons or both for at least the 10 years
22        prior to the appointment.
23             (3)  Three  members  of  the  Board  shall be public
24        members who represent consumer interests.
25        None of these members shall be a person who  is  licensed
26    under  this  Act,  the spouse of a person licensed under this
27    Act, or a person who has an  ownership  interest  in  a  real
28    estate  brokerage  business.  The  members'  terms shall be 4
29    years and the expiration of their terms shall  be  staggered.
30    Appointments  to  fill  vacancies  shall be for the unexpired
31    portion  of  the  term.  A  member  may  be  reappointed  for
32    successive terms but no person shall  be  appointed  to  more
 
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 1    than  2  terms  or  any  part thereof in his or her lifetime.
 2    Persons holding office as members of  the  Board  immediately
 3    prior  to December 31, 1999 under the Real Estate License Act
 4    of 1983 shall continue as members  of  the  Board  until  the
 5    expiration  of  the  term  for  which they were appointed and
 6    until their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  The
 7    membership   of  the  Board  should  reasonably  reflect  the
 8    geographic distribution of the licensee  population  in  this
 9    State.   In  making the appointments, the Governor shall give
10    due consideration  to  the  recommendations  by  members  and
11    organizations  of the profession.  The Governor may terminate
12    the appointment of any member for cause that in  the  opinion
13    of  the  Governor reasonably justifies the termination. Cause
14    for termination shall include without limitation  misconduct,
15    incapacity,  neglect  of  duty,  or  missing 4 board meetings
16    during any one calendar year.
17        Members of the Board shall receive  no  compensation  for
18    their service, but shall be reimbursed for Each member of the
19    Board  shall  receive  a  per diem stipend in an amount to be
20    determined by the Commissioner.  Each member  shall  be  paid
21    his   or   her   necessary  expenses  while  engaged  in  the
22    performance of his or her duties.  A member of the Board  who
23    experiences  a significant financial hardship due to the loss
24    of  income  on  days  of  attendance  at  meetings  or  while
25    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
26    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
27    approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control  Board.   Such
28    compensation and expenses shall  be  paid  out  of  the  Real
29    Estate License Administration Fund.
30        The  Commissioner  shall  consider the recommendations of
31    the Board on questions involving  standards  of  professional
32    conduct, discipline, and examination of candidates under this
33    Act.    OBRE,    after    notifying   and   considering   the
34    recommendations of  the  Board,  if  any,  may  issue  rules,
 
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 1    consistent   with   the  provisions  of  this  Act,  for  the
 2    administration and  enforcement  thereof  and  may  prescribe
 3    forms that shall be used in connection therewith. None of the
 4    functions, powers, or duties enumerated in Sections 20-20 and
 5    30-5 and subsections (a) and (j) of Section 20-60 of this Act
 6    shall  be exercised by OBRE except upon the action and report
 7    in writing of the Board.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-245, eff. 12-31-99.)

 9        (225 ILCS 454/30-10)
10        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
11        Sec. 30-10.  Advisory Council; powers and  duties.  There
12    is created within OBRE an Advisory Council to be comprised of
13    7  members  appointed  by  the  Governor for 4-year staggered
14    terms.  No  member  shall  serve  more  than  8  years  in  a
15    lifetime.   Three  of  the members shall be licensees who are
16    current  members  of  the  Board,  one  member  shall  be   a
17    representative  of an Illinois real estate trade organization
18    who is not a member of the  Board,  one  member  shall  be  a
19    representative of a licensed pre-license school or continuing
20    education school, and one member shall be a representative of
21    an  institution  of  higher education that offers pre-license
22    and continuing education courses.  The Director  shall  serve
23    as  the chairman of the Advisory Council, ex officio, without
24    vote. The Advisory Council shall recommend criteria  for  the
25    licensing  of  pre-license  schools, pre-license instructors,
26    continuing  education  schools,  and   continuing   education
27    instructors;   review  applications  for  these  licenses  to
28    determine if  the  applicants  meet  the  qualifications  for
29    licensure  established  in  this  Act  and  by  rule; approve
30    pre-license school and continuing  education  curricula;  and
31    make  recommendations  to  the  Board  regarding  rules to be
32    adopted for the administration of the education provisions of
33    this Act.
 
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 1        Members  of  the  Advisory  Council  shall   receive   no
 2    compensation  for  their  service,  but may be reimbursed for
 3    reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the  course  of
 4    that service.
 5        A  member  of  the  Advisory  Council  who  experiences a
 6    significant financial hardship due to the loss of  income  on
 7    days  of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged in
 8    the business of the Advisory Council may be paid  a  hardship
 9    allowance,  as  determined  by and subject to the approval of
10    the Governor's Travel Control Board.
11    (Source: P.A. 91-245, eff. 12-31-99.)

12        Section 225-458.  The Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act
13    of 2002 is amended by changing Section 25-10 as follows:

14        (225 ILCS 458/25-10)
15        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
16        Sec. 25-10.  Real Estate Appraisal Board; appointment.
17        (a)  There is hereby created the  Real  Estate  Appraisal
18    Board.   The  Board shall be composed of 10 persons appointed
19    by the  Governor,  plus  the  Director  of  the  Real  Estate
20    Appraisal  Division.  Members shall be appointed to the Board
21    subject to the following conditions:
22             (1)  All appointed members shall have been residents
23        and citizens of this State for at least 5 years prior  to
24        the date of appointment.
25             (2)  The  appointed  membership  of the Board should
26        reasonably reflect the  geographic  distribution  of  the
27        population of the State.
28             (3)  Four appointed members shall have been actively
29        engaged and currently licensed as State certified general
30        real  estate  appraisers  for a period of not less than 5
31        years.
32             (4)  Two appointed members shall have been  actively
 
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 1        engaged   and   currently  licensed  as  State  certified
 2        residential real estate appraisers for a  period  of  not
 3        less than 5 years.
 4             (5)  Two   appointed  members  shall  hold  a  valid
 5        license as a real estate broker for  at  least  10  years
 6        prior  to  the  date  of the appointment and shall hold a
 7        valid appraiser  license  issued  under  this  Act  or  a
 8        predecessor Act for a period of at least 5 years prior to
 9        the appointment.
10             (6)  One  appointed member shall be a representative
11        of a financial institution, as evidenced by  his  or  her
12        employment with a financial institution.
13             (7)  One   appointed   member  shall  represent  the
14        interests of the general public.  This member or  his  or
15        her  spouse  shall  not be licensed under this Act nor be
16        employed  by  or  have  any  interest  in  an   appraisal
17        business,  real estate brokerage business, or a financial
18        institution.
19        In making appointments as provided in paragraphs (3)  and
20    (4)   of   this  subsection,  the  Governor  shall  give  due
21    consideration to recommendations by members and organizations
22    representing the real estate appraisal industry.
23        In making the appointments as provided in  paragraph  (5)
24    of this subsection, the Governor shall give due consideration
25    to   the   recommendations   by   members  and  organizations
26    representing the real estate industry.
27        In making the appointment as provided in paragraph (6) of
28    this subsection, the Governor shall give due consideration to
29    the recommendations by members and organizations representing
30    financial institutions.
31        (b)  The term for members of the Board shall be 4  years,
32    except   for   the   initial   appointees.   Of  the  initial
33    appointments, 4 members shall be appointed for  terms  ending
34    June  30, 2006, 3 members shall be appointed for terms ending
 
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 1    June 30, 2005, and 3 members shall  be  appointed  for  terms
 2    ending  June  30,  2004.   No member shall serve more than 10
 3    years in a lifetime.  Those  persons  serving  on  the  Board
 4    pursuant  to  the  Real  Estate Appraiser Licensing Act shall
 5    become members of the new Board on July  1,  2002  and  shall
 6    serve  until  the  Governor  has  made  the  new appointments
 7    pursuant to this Act.
 8        (c)  The Governor may  terminate  the  appointment  of  a
 9    member  for  cause  that,  in  the  opinion  of the Governor,
10    reasonably justifies the termination.  Cause for  termination
11    may  include,  without  limitation,  misconduct,  incapacity,
12    neglect  of  duty, or missing 4 Board meetings during any one
13    calendar year.
14        (d)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
15    shall  constitute  a  quorum.  A vacancy in the membership of
16    the Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to  exercise
17    all of the rights and perform all of the duties of the Board.
18        (e)  The  Board  shall meet at least quarterly and may be
19    convened by the Chairperson, Co-Chairperson, or 3 members  of
20    the Board upon 10 days written notice.
21        (f)  The  Board  shall,  annually at the first meeting of
22    the fiscal year, elect  a  Chairperson  and  Vice-Chairperson
23    from  its  members.   The  Chairperson shall preside over the
24    meetings and shall coordinate with the Director in developing
25    and distributing an agenda for each meeting.  In the  absence
26    of the Chairperson, the Co-Chairperson shall preside over the
27    meeting.
28        (g)  The  Director  of the Real Estate Appraisal Division
29    shall serve as a member of the Board without vote.
30        (h)  The Board shall advise and make  recommendations  to
31    OBRE  on matters of licensing and education.  OBRE shall give
32    due consideration to all  recommendations  presented  by  the
33    Board.
34        (i)  The Board shall hear and make recommendations to the
 
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 1    Commissioner  on  disciplinary  matters that require a formal
 2    evidentiary  hearing.   The  Commissioner  shall   give   due
 3    consideration  to  the recommendations of the Board involving
 4    discipline and questions involving standards of  professional
 5    conduct of licensees.
 6        (j)  The   Board   may   make   recommendations  to  OBRE
 7    consistent with the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  for  the
 8    administration  and enforcement of the rules adopted pursuant
 9    to this Act.   OBRE  shall  give  due  consideration  to  the
10    recommendations of the Board prior to adopting rules.
11        (k)  The  Board shall make recommendations to OBRE on the
12    approval of courses submitted to OBRE pursuant  to  this  Act
13    and  the rules adopted pursuant to this Act.  OBRE shall give
14    due consideration to the recommendations of the  Board  prior
15    to approving and licensing courses.
16        (l)  Each  voting member of the Board shall receive a per
17    diem  stipend  in  an  amount  to  be   determined   by   the
18    Commissioner.   Each member shall receive no compensation for
19    his or her service on the Board but shall be paid his or  her
20    necessary expenses while engaged in the performance of his or
21    her  duties.    A  member  of  the  Board  who  experiences a
22    significant financial hardship due to the loss of  income  on
23    days  of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged in
24    the business of the Board may be paid a  hardship  allowance,
25    as   determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
26    Governor's Travel Control Board.
27        (m)  Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in an
28    action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other  acts
29    performed in good faith as members of the Board.
30    (Source: P.A. 92-180, eff. 7-1-02.)

31        Section  225-705.   The  Coal  Mining  Act  is amended by
32    changing Sections 2.01, 2.09, and 8.02 as follows:
 
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 1        (225 ILCS 705/2.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 301)
 2        Sec. 2.01.  State Mining Board.  The Mining Board in  the
 3    Department  of  Natural  Resources shall administer this Act.
 4    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
 5    93rd General Assembly, the  Mining  Board  shall  assume  the
 6    powers  and  duties  of,  except  that  Article  8  shall  be
 7    administered  by  the Miners' Examining Board under Article 8
 8    in the Department.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

10        (225 ILCS 705/2.09) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 309)
11        Sec. 2.09.  Meetings,  quorum.    Three  members  of  the
12    Mining  Board,  or  the  Director  may  call a meeting of the
13    Mining Board at any time and at any place within  the  State.
14    Five  Four  members  of  the  Mining  Board and the executive
15    officer shall constitute a quorum.  Only in  case  of  a  tie
16    vote  shall the executive officer office shall have the right
17    to vote.
18    (Source: P.A. 79-460.)

19        (225 ILCS 705/8.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 802)
20        Sec. 8.02. Miners' Examining Board  abolished.    On  the
21    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
22    Assembly, the Miners' Examining Board is abolished.  On  that
23    date,   all  of  the  powers,  duties,  assets,  liabilities,
24    employees, contracts, property,  records,  pending  business,
25    and  unexpended appropriations of the Miners' Examining Board
26    are transferred to the State Mining Board.
27        For purposes of  the  Successor  Agency  Act,  the  State
28    Mining  Board  is  declared to be the successor agency of the
29    Miners' Examining Board.
30        Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
31    the  93rd  General  Assembly,  references  to   the   Miners'
32    Examining  Board shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to
 
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 1    refer to the State Mining Board.
 2        Any rules of the Miners' Examining Board in effect on the
 3    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
 4    Assembly shall be deemed rules of the State Mining Board.
 5        There  is created in the Department of Natural Resources,
 6    Office of Mines and Minerals, a Miners' Examining Board which
 7    shall consist  of  four  miners'  examining  officers  to  be
 8    appointed  by  the  Governor, for a term of 2 years and until
 9    their successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.   Terms  of
10    office  shall commence on the third Monday in January in each
11    odd-numbered year.  Three of such officers shall constitute a
12    quorum.
13        This amendatory Act of 1995 does not affect the terms  of
14    members  of the Miners' Examining Board holding office on the
15    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
16        A complete record of the  proceedings  and  acts  of  the
17    Miners'  Examining  Board  shall be kept and preserved by the
18    State Mining Board.
19        Said officers shall hold no  other  lucrative  office  or
20    employment  under  the government of the United States, State
21    of  Illinois,  or  any  political  division  thereof  or  any
22    municipal corporation therein and each  such  officer  before
23    entering  upon  the  duties of his office shall subscribe and
24    take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of  this  State,
25    and  shall before entering upon the duties of his office give
26    a bond with sufficient surety to be approved by the Governor,
27    payable to the People of the State of Illinois in  the  penal
28    sum  of $5,000, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the
29    duties of office and the  delivery  of  all  records,  books,
30    moneys,  and  other  property  pertaining to his successor in
31    office, which said bond shall be deposited in the  office  of
32    the  Secretary  of  State.   Vacancies  shall  be  filled  by
33    appointment  as  provided  herein  for  the  balance  of  the
34    unexpired term.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

 2        (225 ILCS 705/8.03 rep.)
 3        (225 ILCS 705/8.04 rep.)
 4        (225 ILCS 705/8.05 rep.)
 5        Section  225-705A.   Sections 8.03, 8.04, and 8.05 of the
 6    Coal Mining Act are repealed.

 7        Section  225-720.    The   Surface   Coal   Mining   Land
 8    Conservation  and  Reclamation  Act  is  amended  by changing
 9    Section 1.04 as follows:

10        (225 ILCS 720/1.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7901.04)
11        Sec. 1.04.  Advisory Council on Reclamation.
12        (a)  There is created the Surface Mining Advisory Council
13    to consist of 9 members, plus the  Director  or  his  or  her
14    designee.  Members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed
15    by the Governor, with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.
16    The  members  appointed  to  the  Council shall represent the
17    following interests: conservation, agriculture, surface  coal
18    mining  industry, local government, environmental protection,
19    the  colleges  and  universities,  underground  coal   mining
20    industry,  labor,  and the general public.  The members shall
21    be knowledgeable concerning the nature of problems of  mining
22    operations  and  reclamation.   The Council shall select from
23    its members a chairperson and such other officers as it deems
24    necessary.  The term of membership on  the  Advisory  Council
25    shall  be  3 years, except that the Governor may make initial
26    appointments or fill vacancies for lesser terms  so  that  at
27    least   3  memberships  expire  annually.    Members  may  be
28    reappointed. Vacancies  occurring  on  the  Advisory  Council
29    shall  be  filled,  as  nearly  as  possible,  with  a person
30    representing the interest of his or her  predecessor  on  the
31    Advisory Council.
 
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 1        Members  of  the Council shall be reimbursed for ordinary
 2    and necessary expenses incurred in  the  performance  of  the
 3    Council's  duties.  A member of the Council who experiences a
 4    significant financial hardship due to the loss of  income  on
 5    days  of attendance at meetings or while otherwise engaged in
 6    the business of the Council may be paid a hardship allowance,
 7    as  determined  by  and  subject  to  the  approval  of   the
 8    Governor's  Travel  Control  Board.  Members  of  the Council
 9    shall, in addition, receive $100 a day for each day spent  in
10    the performance of their duties as Advisory Council members.
11        (b)  The  Advisory Council shall meet at least 3 times in
12    each calendar year on a date specified at least one  week  in
13    advance  of  the  meeting.   A  meeting  may be called by the
14    Director or on the request of a majority of Advisory  Council
15    members.
16        (c)  The  Council shall act solely as an advisory body to
17    the Director and to the  Land  Reclamation  Division  of  the
18    Office  of  Mines  and  Minerals  within the Department.  The
19    recommendations of the Council shall have no  binding  effect
20    on  the Director or on the Division of Land Reclamation.  The
21    advice, findings and recommendations of the Advisory  Council
22    shall be made public in a semi-annual report published by the
23    Department.
24        (d)  The  Department shall present proposed rules related
25    to this Act, and proposed  changes  in  such  rules,  to  the
26    Advisory  Council  for its comments before putting such rules
27    or changes into effect, except for circumstances of emergency
28    or other circumstances enumerated in subsection 5(b), (d) and
29    (e) of The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
30        (e)  The Council shall review the  Federal  Act  and  the
31    development and implementation of an approved permanent State
32    program  thereunder.   The  Council shall make its review and
33    written recommendations to the  Director.   The  Council  may
34    seek  comment  from  affected persons and the public prior to
 
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 1    making its recommendations.
 2        (f)  If as a result of any final action by  the  Congress
 3    of the United States, any agency of the United States, or any
 4    court, any provision of the Federal Act or the Regulations is
 5    amended,  modified,  construed,  or  rendered inapplicable to
 6    mining and reclamation operations in this State, the Director
 7    shall forthwith call a meeting of the Council.   The  Council
 8    shall  review such final action and its effect in this State.
 9    The Council shall recommend changes in this Act and the rules
10    adopted under this Act which would cause application of  this
11    Act  to  reflect such final action.  Pending formal amendment
12    of this  Act  for  reason  stated  in  this  subsection,  the
13    Director  may administer this Act by emergency regulations in
14    accordance with the purposes of this  Act  and  in  a  manner
15    consistent  with any such final action of Congress, a federal
16    agency or a court.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-490, eff. 8-17-97.)

18        Section 225-745.  The  Professional  Geologist  Licensing
19    Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

20        (225 ILCS 745/35)
21        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
22        Sec. 35.  Board of Licensing for Professional Geologists;
23    members; qualifications; duties.
24        (a)  The  Director shall appoint a Board of Licensing for
25    Professional Geologists which  shall  serve  in  an  advisory
26    capacity  to  the Director.  The Board shall be composed of 8
27    persons, 7 of whom shall be voting members appointed  by  the
28    Director, who shall give due consideration to recommendations
29    by  members  of  the  profession  of  geology  and of geology
30    organizations within  the  State.   In  addition,  the  State
31    Geologist  or  his or her designated representative, shall be
32    an advisory, non-voting member of the Board.
 
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 1        (b)  Insofar as possible,  the  geologists  appointed  to
 2    serve  on  the Board shall be generally representative of the
 3    occupational  and  geographical  distribution  of  geologists
 4    within this State.
 5        (c)  Of the 7 appointed voting members of  the  Board,  6
 6    shall  be geologists and one shall be a member of the general
 7    public  with  no  family  or  business  connection  with  the
 8    practice of geology.
 9        (d)  Each of the first appointed geologist members of the
10    Board shall have at  least  10  years  of  active  geological
11    experience  and  shall  possess  the education and experience
12    required  for   licensure.    Each   subsequently   appointed
13    geologist  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  a  professional
14    geologist licensed under this Act.
15        (e)  Of  the  initial  appointments,  the  Director shall
16    appoint 3 voting members for a term  of  4  years,  2  voting
17    members  for  a  term  of 3 years, and 2 voting members for a
18    term  of  2  years.   Thereafter,  voting  members  shall  be
19    appointed for 4-year terms.  Terms shall commence on the  3rd
20    Monday in January.
21        (f)  Members  shall  hold  office until the expiration of
22    their terms or until their successors have been appointed and
23    have qualified.
24        (g)  No voting member of the Board shall serve more  than
25    2 consecutive full terms.
26        (h)  Vacancies  in  the  membership of the Board shall be
27    filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
28        (i)  The Director may remove or suspend any member of the
29    Board for cause at any time before the expiration of  his  or
30    her term.
31        (j)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
32    chairperson.
33        (k)  The   members   of   the   Board  shall  receive  no
34    compensation for their service, but shall be  reimbursed  for
 
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 1    all  legitimate  and  necessary  expenses  authorized  by the
 2    Department incurred in attending the meetings of the Board. A
 3    member of the Board who experiences a  significant  financial
 4    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
 5    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
 6    Board  may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and
 7    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
 8    Board.
 9        (l)  The  Board  may make recommendations to the Director
10    to establish the examinations and their method of grading.
11        (m)  The Board may submit written recommendations to  the
12    Director  concerning  formulation  of  rules  and  a  Code of
13    Professional Conduct and Ethics.  The Board may recommend  or
14    endorse revisions and amendments to the Code and to the rules
15    from time to time.
16        (n)  The   Board  may  make  recommendations  on  matters
17    relating to continuing  education  of  licensed  professional
18    geologists,  including  the  number  of  hours  necessary for
19    license renewal,  waivers  for  those  unable  to  meet  that
20    requirement,    and   acceptable   course   content.    These
21    recommendations shall not  impose  an  undue  burden  on  the
22    Department  or an unreasonable restriction on those seeking a
23    license renewal.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96.)

25        Section 230-5.  The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975  is
26    amended by changing Sections 4, 5, 9, and 13 as follows:

27        (230 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-4)
28        Sec. 4. Appointment of Board.
29        (a)  Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to
30    be  initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
31    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
32    whichever occurs later, the Board shall consist of 11 members
 
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 1    to  be  appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
 2    of the Senate, not more than 6 of whom shall be of  the  same
 3    political  party,  and one of whom shall be designated by the
 4    Governor to be chairman.
 5        The term of each appointed member of the Board who is  in
 6    office  on  June  30,  2003  shall  terminate at the close of
 7    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
 8    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
 9    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
10    whichever occurs later.
11        (b)  Beginning  on  July  1,  2003 or when all of the new
12    members to be initially appointed under this  amendatory  Act
13    of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been appointed by the
14    Governor, whichever occurs later, the Board shall consist  of
15    7 members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
16    consent  of  the  Senate, not more than 4 of whom shall be of
17    the same political party, and one of whom shall be designated
18    by the Governor to be chairman.
19        (c)  Each member shall have  a  reasonable  knowledge  of
20    harness or thoroughbred racing practices and procedure and of
21    the principles of harness or thoroughbred racing and breeding
22    and,  at  the time of his appointment, shall be a resident of
23    the State of Illinois and shall have resided  therein  for  a
24    period of at least 5 years next preceding his appointment and
25    qualification  and  he shall be a qualified voter therein and
26    not less than 25 years of age.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

28        (230 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-5)
29        Sec. 5.  Terms; expenses.
30        (a)  Of the members initially appointed pursuant to  this
31    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly, 2 shall be
32    appointed for  terms  expiring  July  1,  2005;  2  shall  be
33    appointed  for  terms  expiring  July 1, 2007; and 3 shall be
 
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 1    appointed for terms expiring  July  1,  2009.    As  soon  as
 2    practicable  following  the effective date of this amendatory
 3    Act of 1995, the Governor shall appoint, with the advice  and
 4    consent  of  the  Senate,  members to the Board as follows: 3
 5    members for terms expiring July 1, 1996; 3 members for  terms
 6    expiring  July 1, 1998; and 3 members for terms expiring July
 7    1, 2000.  Of the 2 additional members appointed  pursuant  to
 8    this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the initial
 9    term  of  one  member  shall  expire  on July 1, 2002 and the
10    initial term of the other member  shall  expire  on  July  1,
11    2004.   Thereafter,  the terms of office of the Board members
12    shall be 6 years.  Incumbent members on the effective date of
13    this amendatory Act of 1995  shall  continue  to  serve  only
14    until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
15        Each  member  of the Board shall receive $300 per day for
16    each day the Board meets and for each day the member conducts
17    a hearing pursuant to Section 16 of this Act,  provided  that
18    no  Board  member shall receive more than $5,000 in such fees
19    during  any  calendar  year,  or  an  amount   set   by   the
20    Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
21        (b)  Members  of  the  Board shall also be reimbursed for
22    all actual and necessary expenses and disbursements  incurred
23    in  the  execution of their official duties.  A member of the
24    Board who experiences a significant financial hardship due to
25    the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings or while
26    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
27    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
28    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

30        (230 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-9)
31        Sec. 9.  The Board shall have all  powers  necessary  and
32    proper  to  fully  and  effectively execute the provisions of
33    this Act, including, but not limited to, the following:
 
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 1        (a)  The  Board   is   vested   with   jurisdiction   and
 2    supervision  over  all  race meetings in this State, over all
 3    licensees doing business in this State, over  all  occupation
 4    licensees,  and  over  all  persons  on the facilities of any
 5    licensee. Such jurisdiction shall include the power to  issue
 6    licenses   to   the   Illinois   Department   of  Agriculture
 7    authorizing the pari-mutuel system of wagering on harness and
 8    Quarter Horse races held (1)  at the Illinois State  Fair  in
 9    Sangamon  County,  and (2) at the DuQuoin State Fair in Perry
10    County. The jurisdiction of the Board shall also include  the
11    power to issue licenses to county fairs which are eligible to
12    receive  funds  pursuant to the Agricultural Fair Act, as now
13    or  hereafter  amended,  or  their  agents,  authorizing  the
14    pari-mutuel system of wagering on horse  races  conducted  at
15    the  county  fairs  receiving  such  licenses.  Such licenses
16    shall be governed by subsection (n) of this Section.
17        Upon application, the Board shall issue a license to  the
18    Illinois  Department  of  Agriculture  to conduct harness and
19    Quarter Horse races at the Illinois State  Fair  and  at  the
20    DuQuoin  State Fairgrounds during the scheduled dates of each
21    fair.  The Board shall not  require  and  the  Department  of
22    Agriculture shall be exempt from the requirements of Sections
23    15.3,  18  and  19,  paragraphs  (a)(2),  (b), (c), (d), (e),
24    (e-5), (e-10), (f), (g), and (h) of Section 20, and  Sections
25    21,  24  and  25. The Board and the Department of Agriculture
26    may extend any or all of these exemptions to  any  contractor
27    or  agent engaged by the Department of Agriculture to conduct
28    its race meetings when the Board determines that  this  would
29    best  serve  the  public  interest  and the interest of horse
30    racing.
31        Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  it
32    shall  be  lawful  for  any  licensee  to operate pari-mutuel
33    wagering or contract with the Department  of  Agriculture  to
34    operate pari-mutuel wagering at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
 
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 1    or  for  the  Department  to  enter  into  contracts  with  a
 2    licensee,  employ  its owners, employees or agents and employ
 3    such other  occupation  licensees  as  the  Department  deems
 4    necessary in connection with race meetings and wagerings.
 5        (b)  The   Board   is  vested  with  the  full  power  to
 6    promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for  the  purpose
 7    of  administering the provisions of this Act and to prescribe
 8    reasonable rules, regulations and conditions under which  all
 9    horse  race  meetings  or  wagering  in  the  State  shall be
10    conducted.  Such reasonable rules   and  regulations  are  to
11    provide  for  the  prevention of practices detrimental to the
12    public interest and to promote the best  interests  of  horse
13    racing and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
14        (c)  The  Board,  and  any  person  or persons to whom it
15    delegates this power, is vested with the power to  enter  the
16    facilities  and  other  places of business of any licensee to
17    determine  whether  there  has  been  compliance   with   the
18    provisions of this Act and its rules and regulations.
19        (d)  The  Board,  and  any  person  or persons to whom it
20    delegates  this  power,  is  vested  with  the  authority  to
21    investigate alleged violations of the provisions of this Act,
22    its  reasonable  rules  and  regulations,  orders  and  final
23    decisions; the  Board  shall  take  appropriate  disciplinary
24    action  against  any  licensee  or  occupation  licensee  for
25    violation  thereof  or institute appropriate legal action for
26    the enforcement thereof.
27        (e)  The Board, and any person  or  persons  to  whom  it
28    delegates  this  power,  may  eject  or exclude from any race
29    meeting or the  facilities  of  any  licensee,  or  any  part
30    thereof,  any  occupation  licensee  or  any other individual
31    whose conduct or reputation is  such  that  his  presence  on
32    those  facilities may, in the opinion of the Board, call into
33    question  the  honesty  and  integrity  of  horse  racing  or
34    wagering or interfere  with  the  orderly  conduct  of  horse
 
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 1    racing  or  wagering; provided, however, that no person shall
 2    be excluded or ejected from the facilities  of  any  licensee
 3    solely on the grounds of race, color, creed, national origin,
 4    ancestry,   or  sex.   The  power  to  eject  or  exclude  an
 5    occupation licensee or other individual may be exercised  for
 6    just   cause  by  the  licensee  or  the  Board,  subject  to
 7    subsequent hearing by the Board as to the propriety  of  said
 8    exclusion.
 9        (f)  The  Board  is  vested  with  the  power to acquire,
10    establish, maintain and operate (or provide  by  contract  to
11    maintain   and  operate)  testing  laboratories  and  related
12    facilities, for the  purpose  of  conducting  saliva,  blood,
13    urine  and  other tests on the horses run or to be run in any
14    horse race meeting and to purchase all equipment and supplies
15    deemed necessary or desirable in  connection  with  any  such
16    testing  laboratories  and  related  facilities  and all such
17    tests.
18        (g)  The Board may require that  the  records,  including
19    financial  or  other statements of any licensee or any person
20    affiliated with the licensee  who  is  involved  directly  or
21    indirectly  in  the  activities  of any licensee as regulated
22    under this Act to the extent that those  financial  or  other
23    statements  relate  to such activities be kept in such manner
24    as prescribed by the Board, and that  Board  employees  shall
25    have  access  to  those  records  during  reasonable business
26    hours.  Within 120 days of the end of its fiscal  year,  each
27    licensee  shall  transmit  to  the  Board  an  audit  of  the
28    financial  transactions and condition of the licensee's total
29    operations.  All  audits  shall  be  conducted  by  certified
30    public accountants.  Each certified public accountant must be
31    registered in the State of Illinois under the Illinois Public
32    Accounting  Act.   The compensation for each certified public
33    accountant shall be paid directly  by  the  licensee  to  the
34    certified  public  accountant.   A licensee shall also submit
 
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 1    any other financial or related information  the  Board  deems
 2    necessary  to  effectively administer this Act and all rules,
 3    regulations, and final decisions promulgated under this Act.
 4        (h)  The Board shall  name  and  appoint  in  the  manner
 5    provided  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the Board: an
 6    Executive  Director;  a  State  director  of  mutuels;  State
 7    veterinarians and  representatives  to  take  saliva,  blood,
 8    urine and other tests on horses; licensing personnel; revenue
 9    inspectors; and State seasonal employees (excluding admission
10    ticket  sellers  and  mutuel clerks).  All of those named and
11    appointed as provided in this subsection shall  serve  during
12    the  pleasure  of  the  Board;  their  compensation  shall be
13    determined by the Board and be paid in  the  same  manner  as
14    other employees of the Board under this Act.
15        (i)  The  Board  shall  require  that  there  shall  be 3
16    stewards at each horse race meeting, at least 2 of whom shall
17    be named and appointed by the Board.  Stewards  appointed  or
18    approved  by  the  Board, while performing duties required by
19    this Act or by the Board,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same
20    rights  and  immunities as granted to Board members and Board
21    employees in Section 10 of this Act.
22        (j)  The Board may discharge any Board employee who fails
23    or refuses for any  reason  to  comply  with  the  rules  and
24    regulations  of  the  Board,  or  who,  in the opinion of the
25    Board, is guilty of fraud, dishonesty or who is proven to  be
26    incompetent.  The  Board  shall  have  no  right  or power to
27    determine who shall be officers, directors  or  employees  of
28    any  licensee,  or  their  salaries  except the Board may, by
29    rule, require that all  or  any  officials  or  employees  in
30    charge  of  or  whose  duties relate to the actual running of
31    races be  approved by the Board.
32        (k)  The Board  is  vested  with  the  power  to  appoint
33    delegates  to  execute  any of the powers granted to it under
34    this Section for the purpose of administering  this  Act  and
 
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 1    any  rules or regulations promulgated in accordance with this
 2    Act.
 3        (l)  The Board is vested with the power to  impose  civil
 4    penalties  of  up  to  $5,000 against an individual and up to
 5    $10,000  against  a  licensee  for  each  violation  of   any
 6    provision  of  this  Act, any rules adopted by the Board, any
 7    order of the Board or any other action which, in the  Board's
 8    discretion,  is  a detriment or impediment to horse racing or
 9    wagering.
10        (m)  The Board is vested with the power  to  prescribe  a
11    form to be used by licensees as an application for employment
12    for employees of each licensee.
13        (n)  The Board shall have the power to issue a license to
14    any county fair, or its agent, authorizing the conduct of the
15    pari-mutuel system of wagering.  The Board is vested with the
16    full  power  to  promulgate reasonable rules, regulations and
17    conditions under  which  all  horse  race  meetings  licensed
18    pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be held and conducted,
19    including rules, regulations and conditions for  the  conduct
20    of   the   pari-mutuel   system   of  wagering.   The  rules,
21    regulations and conditions shall provide for  the  prevention
22    of  practices  detrimental to the public interest and for the
23    best interests of horse racing, and shall prescribe penalties
24    for violations thereof.   Any  authority  granted  the  Board
25    under   this   Act  shall  extend  to  its  jurisdiction  and
26    supervision over county  fairs,  or  their  agents,  licensed
27    pursuant  to  this  subsection.  However, the Board may waive
28    any provision of this Act or its rules or  regulations  which
29    would otherwise apply to such county fairs or their agents.
30        (o)  Whenever  the Board is authorized or required by law
31    to  consider  some  aspect   of   criminal   history   record
32    information  for  the  purpose  of carrying out its statutory
33    powers and responsibilities, then, upon request  and  payment
34    of  fees  in  conformance  with  the  requirements of Section
 
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 1    2605-400 of the Department  of  State  Police  Law  (20  ILCS
 2    2605/2605-400),  the Department of State Police is authorized
 3    to  furnish,  pursuant  to  positive   identification,   such
 4    information  contained  in  State  files  as  is necessary to
 5    fulfill the request.
 6        (p)  To insure the  convenience,  comfort,  and  wagering
 7    accessibility  of  race  track  patrons,  to  provide for the
 8    maximization of State revenue, and to generate  increases  in
 9    purse allotments to the horsemen, the Board shall require any
10    licensee  to  staff  the pari-mutuel department with adequate
11    personnel.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

13        (230 ILCS 5/13) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-13)
14        Sec. 13.  Executive Director.  The Board  shall  have  an
15    executive  director,  who shall be appointed by the Governor.
16    The executive director shall perform any and all duties  that
17    the  Board  shall  assign  him.   The salary of the executive
18    director shall be determined by the Board and,  in  addition,
19    he  shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses
20    incurred by him in discharge of his official duties.
21        The  executive  director  shall  keep  records   of   all
22    proceedings  of  the  Board  and  shall preserve all records,
23    books, documents and other papers belonging to the  Board  or
24    entrusted  to  its care.  The executive director shall devote
25    his full time to the duties of the office and shall not  hold
26    any other office or employment.
27    (Source: P.A. 84-531.)

28        Section 230-10.  The Riverboat Gambling Act is amended by
29    changing Section 5 as follows:

30        (230 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 120, par. 2405)
31        Sec. 5.  Gaming Board.
 
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 1        (a) (1)  There   is   hereby   established   within   the
 2    Department  of  Revenue  an Illinois Gaming Board which shall
 3    have the powers and duties specified in  this  Act,  and  all
 4    other  powers  necessary  and proper to fully and effectively
 5    execute  this  Act  for   the   purpose   of   administering,
 6    regulating,  and  enforcing  the system of riverboat gambling
 7    established by this Act. Its jurisdiction shall extend  under
 8    this   Act   to   every   person,  association,  corporation,
 9    partnership  and  trust  involved   in   riverboat   gambling
10    operations in the State of Illinois.
11        (2)  The Board shall consist of 5 members to be appointed
12    by  the  Governor  with the advice and consent of the Senate,
13    one of whom  shall  be  designated  by  the  Governor  to  be
14    chairman.   Each  member shall have a reasonable knowledge of
15    the  practice,   procedure   and   principles   of   gambling
16    operations.  Each  member  shall  either  be  a  resident  of
17    Illinois  or  shall certify that he will become a resident of
18    Illinois before taking office.  At least one member shall  be
19    experienced in law enforcement and criminal investigation, at
20    least  one  member  shall  be  a  certified public accountant
21    experienced in accounting and  auditing,  and  at  least  one
22    member  shall  be  a  lawyer  licensed  to  practice  law  in
23    Illinois.
24        (3)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
25    the term of each member of the Board who was appointed by the
26    Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
27    the  close  of  business  on  that  date  or  when all of the
28    successor members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory
29    Act of the 93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the
30    Governor,  whichever  occurs later.  As soon as possible, the
31    Governor shall appoint persons to fill the vacancies  created
32    by this amendatory Act.
33        The  terms  of  office  of  the  Board members shall be 3
34    years, except that the terms of office of the  initial  Board
 
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 1    members  appointed  pursuant  to   this amendatory Act of the
 2    93rd General Assembly shall will commence from the  effective
 3    date  of  this  Act and run as follows: one for a term ending
 4    July 1, 2004 1991, 2 for terms a term  ending  July  1,  2005
 5    1992, and 2 for terms a term ending July 1,  2006 1993.  Upon
 6    the expiration of the foregoing terms, the successors of such
 7    members  shall  serve  a  term  for  3  years and until their
 8    successors  are  appointed  and  qualified  for  like  terms.
 9    Vacancies in the Board shall be filled for the unexpired term
10    in like manner as original appointments.  Each member of  the
11    Board  shall  be eligible for reappointment at the discretion
12    of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
13        (4)  Each member of the Board shall receive $300 for each
14    day the Board meets and for each day the member conducts  any
15    hearing pursuant to this Act.  Each member of the Board shall
16    serve  without  compensation but shall also be reimbursed for
17    all actual and necessary expenses and disbursements  incurred
18    in  the  execution of official duties.  A member of the Board
19    who experiences a significant financial hardship due  to  the
20    loss  of  income  on  days of attendance at meetings or while
21    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
22    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
23    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
24        (5)  No person shall be appointed a member of  the  Board
25    or  continue  to  be  a  member of the Board who is, or whose
26    spouse, child  or  parent  is,  a  member  of  the  board  of
27    directors  of,  or  a  person  financially interested in, any
28    gambling operation subject to the jurisdiction of this Board,
29    or any race track, race meeting, racing  association  or  the
30    operations   thereof  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the
31    Illinois Racing Board.  No Board member shall hold any  other
32    public  office  for which he shall receive compensation other
33    than necessary  travel  or  other  incidental  expenses.   No
34    person  shall  be  a  member  of the Board who is not of good
 
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 1    moral character or who has been convicted  of,  or  is  under
 2    indictment  for,  a  felony under the laws of Illinois or any
 3    other state, or the United States.
 4        (6)  Any member of  the  Board  may  be  removed  by  the
 5    Governor  for  neglect  of duty, misfeasance, malfeasance, or
 6    nonfeasance in office.
 7        (7)  Before entering upon the discharge of the duties  of
 8    his  office, each member of the Board shall take an oath that
 9    he will faithfully execute the duties of his office according
10    to the laws of  the  State  and  the  rules  and  regulations
11    adopted  therewith  and  shall  give  bond  to  the  State of
12    Illinois, approved by the Governor, in the  sum  of  $25,000.
13    Every  such  bond,  when duly executed and approved, shall be
14    recorded in the office of the Secretary of  State.   Whenever
15    the  Governor  determines  that the bond of any member of the
16    Board  has  become  or  is  likely  to  become   invalid   or
17    insufficient, he shall require such member forthwith to renew
18    his  bond,  which  is  to  be  approved by the Governor.  Any
19    member of the Board who fails to  take  oath  and  give  bond
20    within 30 days from the date of his appointment, or who fails
21    to  renew his bond within 30 days after it is demanded by the
22    Governor, shall be guilty of  neglect  of  duty  and  may  be
23    removed  by  the Governor.  The cost of any bond given by any
24    member of the Board under this Section shall be taken to be a
25    part of the necessary expenses of the Board.
26        (8)  Upon the request of the Board, the Department  shall
27    employ  such  personnel  as may be necessary to carry out the
28    functions of the Board.  No person shall be employed to serve
29    the Board who is, or whose spouse, parent  or  child  is,  an
30    official  of,  or  has  a  financial interest in or financial
31    relation with, any operator engaged  in  gambling  operations
32    within  this  State or any organization engaged in conducting
33    horse racing within this State.  Any employee violating these
34    prohibitions shall be subject to termination of employment.
 
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 1        (9)   The Board shall have an Administrator, who shall be
 2    appointed  by  the  Governor.   The  An  Administrator  shall
 3    perform any and all duties that the Board shall  assign  him.
 4    The  salary  of  the Administrator shall be determined by the
 5    Board and approved by the Director of the Department and,  in
 6    addition, he shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary
 7    expenses incurred by him in discharge of his official duties.
 8    The  Administrator  shall  keep records of all proceedings of
 9    the Board and shall preserve all  records,  books,  documents
10    and  other  papers belonging to the Board or entrusted to its
11    care.  The Administrator shall devote his full  time  to  the
12    duties  of  the office and shall not hold any other office or
13    employment.
14        (b)  The Board shall have general responsibility for  the
15    implementation  of  this  Act.   Its  duties include, without
16    limitation, the following:
17             (1)  To decide promptly and in reasonable order  all
18        license applications. Any party aggrieved by an action of
19        the  Board  denying, suspending, revoking, restricting or
20        refusing to renew a license may request a hearing  before
21        the  Board.   A request for a hearing must be made to the
22        Board in writing within 5 days after service of notice of
23        the action of the Board.  Notice of  the  action  of  the
24        Board  shall  be served either by personal delivery or by
25        certified mail, postage prepaid, to the aggrieved party.
26        Notice served by certified mail shall be deemed  complete
27        on  the  business day following the date of such mailing.
28        The Board shall conduct all requested  hearings  promptly
29        and in reasonable order;
30             (2)  To  conduct  all  hearings  pertaining to civil
31        violations  of  this  Act  or   rules   and   regulations
32        promulgated hereunder;
33             (3)  To  promulgate such rules and regulations as in
34        its judgment may be necessary to protect or  enhance  the
 
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 1        credibility   and   integrity   of   gambling  operations
 2        authorized  by  this  Act  and  the  regulatory   process
 3        hereunder;
 4             (4)  To provide for the establishment and collection
 5        of all license and registration fees and taxes imposed by
 6        this  Act  and  the rules and regulations issued pursuant
 7        hereto.  All such fees and taxes shall be deposited  into
 8        the State Gaming Fund;
 9             (5)  To  provide  for  the  levy  and  collection of
10        penalties and fines for the violation  of  provisions  of
11        this  Act  and  the  rules  and  regulations  promulgated
12        hereunder.    All  such  fines  and  penalties  shall  be
13        deposited into the Education Assistance Fund, created  by
14        Public Act 86-0018, of the State of Illinois;
15             (6)  To be present through its inspectors and agents
16        any   time  gambling  operations  are  conducted  on  any
17        riverboat for  the  purpose  of  certifying  the  revenue
18        thereof,   receiving  complaints  from  the  public,  and
19        conducting such other investigations into the conduct  of
20        the  gambling  games and the maintenance of the equipment
21        as from time to time the Board  may  deem  necessary  and
22        proper;
23             (7)  To  review  and  rule  upon  any complaint by a
24        licensee regarding any investigative  procedures  of  the
25        State  which  are  unnecessarily  disruptive  of gambling
26        operations.  The need to inspect and investigate shall be
27        presumed at all times.  The disruption  of  a  licensee's
28        operations  shall  be  proved  by  clear  and  convincing
29        evidence,  and establish that:  (A) the procedures had no
30        reasonable  law  enforcement  purposes,   and   (B)   the
31        procedures  were so disruptive as to unreasonably inhibit
32        gambling operations;
33             (8)  To hold at least one meeting  each  quarter  of
34        the  fiscal  year.   In addition, special meetings may be
 
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 1        called by the Chairman or any 2  Board  members  upon  72
 2        hours  written notice to each member.  All Board meetings
 3        shall be subject to the Open Meetings Act. Three  members
 4        of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and 3 votes shall
 5        be  required  for  any  final determination by the Board.
 6        The Board shall keep a complete and  accurate  record  of
 7        all  its meetings. A majority of the members of the Board
 8        shall constitute a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  any
 9        business,  for  the  performance  of any duty, or for the
10        exercise of any power which this Act requires  the  Board
11        members  to transact, perform or exercise en banc, except
12        that, upon order of the Board, one of the  Board  members
13        or  an  administrative  law judge designated by the Board
14        may conduct any hearing provided for under this Act or by
15        Board rule and may recommend findings  and  decisions  to
16        the  Board.  The Board member or administrative law judge
17        conducting such hearing shall have all powers and  rights
18        granted  to the Board in this Act. The record made at the
19        time of the hearing shall be reviewed by the Board, or  a
20        majority  thereof,  and  the findings and decision of the
21        majority of the Board shall constitute the order  of  the
22        Board in such case;
23             (9)  To  maintain  records  which  are  separate and
24        distinct from the records of any  other  State  board  or
25        commission.   Such  records shall be available for public
26        inspection  and  shall  accurately  reflect   all   Board
27        proceedings;
28             (10)  To  file  a  written  annual  report  with the
29        Governor  on  or  before  March  1  each  year  and  such
30        additional reports  as  the  Governor  may  request.  The
31        annual  report  shall include a statement of receipts and
32        disbursements by the Board, actions taken by  the  Board,
33        and  any additional information and recommendations which
34        the Board may deem valuable or  which  the  Governor  may
 
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 1        request;
 2             (11)  (Blank); and
 3             (12)  To     assume     responsibility    for    the
 4        administration and enforcement of the Bingo  License  and
 5        Tax  Act, the Charitable Games Act, and the Pull Tabs and
 6        Jar Games Act if such responsibility is delegated  to  it
 7        by the Director of Revenue.
 8        (c)  The  Board  shall  have  jurisdiction over and shall
 9    supervise all gambling operations governed by this Act.   The
10    Board shall have all powers necessary and proper to fully and
11    effectively  execute  the  provisions of this Act, including,
12    but not limited to, the following:
13             (1)  To investigate  applicants  and  determine  the
14        eligibility  of  applicants  for  licenses  and to select
15        among competing  applicants  the  applicants  which  best
16        serve the interests of the citizens of Illinois.
17             (2)  To  have  jurisdiction and supervision over all
18        riverboat gambling  operations  in  this  State  and  all
19        persons  on  riverboats  where  gambling  operations  are
20        conducted.
21             (3)  To  promulgate  rules  and  regulations for the
22        purpose of administering the provisions of this  Act  and
23        to  prescribe  rules,  regulations  and  conditions under
24        which all  riverboat  gambling  in  the  State  shall  be
25        conducted.  Such rules and regulations are to provide for
26        the  prevention  of  practices  detrimental to the public
27        interest  and  for  the  best  interests   of   riverboat
28        gambling,  including  rules and regulations regarding the
29        inspection of such  riverboats  and  the  review  of  any
30        permits  or  licenses  necessary  to  operate a riverboat
31        under any laws or regulations applicable  to  riverboats,
32        and to impose penalties for violations thereof.
33             (4)  To enter the office, riverboats, facilities, or
34        other places of business of a licensee, where evidence of
 
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 1        the  compliance  or  noncompliance with the provisions of
 2        this Act is likely to be found.
 3             (5)  To investigate alleged violations of  this  Act
 4        or  the  rules  of  the  Board  and  to  take appropriate
 5        disciplinary action against a licensee or a holder of  an
 6        occupational   license  for  a  violation,  or  institute
 7        appropriate legal action for enforcement, or both.
 8             (6)  To adopt standards for  the  licensing  of  all
 9        persons  under  this  Act,  as  well as for electronic or
10        mechanical gambling games, and to establish fees for such
11        licenses.
12             (7)  To  adopt   appropriate   standards   for   all
13        riverboats and facilities.
14             (8)  To   require   that   the   records,  including
15        financial or other statements of any licensee under  this
16        Act,  shall  be  kept in such manner as prescribed by the
17        Board  and  that  any  such  licensee  involved  in   the
18        ownership  or management of gambling operations submit to
19        the Board an annual balance sheet  and  profit  and  loss
20        statement,  list  of  the  stockholders  or other persons
21        having  a  1%  or  greater  beneficial  interest  in  the
22        gambling activities of  each  licensee,   and  any  other
23        information   the  Board  deems  necessary  in  order  to
24        effectively  administer   this   Act   and   all   rules,
25        regulations, orders and final decisions promulgated under
26        this Act.
27             (9)  To  conduct  hearings,  issue subpoenas for the
28        attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum for the
29        production  of  books,  records   and   other   pertinent
30        documents  in accordance with the Illinois Administrative
31        Procedure Act, and to administer oaths  and  affirmations
32        to  the witnesses, when, in the judgment of the Board, it
33        is necessary to administer or enforce  this  Act  or  the
34        Board rules.
 
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 1             (10)  To prescribe a form to be used by any licensee
 2        involved  in  the  ownership  or  management  of gambling
 3        operations as an application  for  employment  for  their
 4        employees.
 5             (11)  To  revoke  or  suspend licenses, as the Board
 6        may see fit and in compliance with applicable laws of the
 7        State regarding administrative procedures, and to  review
 8        applications  for the renewal of licenses.  The Board may
 9        suspend an owners license, without notice or hearing upon
10        a determination that the safety or health of  patrons  or
11        employees  is  jeopardized  by  continuing  a riverboat's
12        operation.  The suspension may remain in effect until the
13        Board determines that the cause for suspension  has  been
14        abated.   The  Board may revoke the owners license upon a
15        determination that the owner has  not  made  satisfactory
16        progress toward abating the hazard.
17             (12)  To  eject or exclude or authorize the ejection
18        or exclusion  of,  any  person  from  riverboat  gambling
19        facilities where such person is in violation of this Act,
20        rules  and regulations thereunder, or final orders of the
21        Board, or where such person's conduct  or  reputation  is
22        such  that  his  presence  within  the riverboat gambling
23        facilities may, in the opinion of the  Board,  call  into
24        question  the  honesty  and  integrity  of  the  gambling
25        operations  or  interfere  with  orderly conduct thereof;
26        provided that the propriety of such ejection or exclusion
27        is subject to subsequent hearing by the Board.
28             (13)  To   require   all   licensees   of   gambling
29        operations to utilize a cashless wagering system  whereby
30        all  players'  money  is  converted to tokens, electronic
31        cards, or chips which shall be used only for wagering  in
32        the gambling establishment.
33             (14)  (Blank).
34             (15)  To  suspend,  revoke  or restrict licenses, to
 
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 1        require the removal of a licensee or  an  employee  of  a
 2        licensee  for  a violation of this Act or a Board rule or
 3        for engaging in a  fraudulent  practice,  and  to  impose
 4        civil  penalties  of up to $5,000 against individuals and
 5        up to $10,000 or an  amount  equal  to  the  daily  gross
 6        receipts, whichever is larger, against licensees for each
 7        violation  of any provision of the Act, any rules adopted
 8        by the Board, any order of the Board or any other  action
 9        which,  in  the  Board's  discretion,  is  a detriment or
10        impediment to riverboat gambling operations.
11             (16)  To  hire  employees  to  gather   information,
12        conduct  investigations  and  carry  out  any other tasks
13        contemplated under this Act.
14             (17)  To establish minimum levels of insurance to be
15        maintained by licensees.
16             (18)  To authorize  a  licensee  to  sell  or  serve
17        alcoholic  liquors, wine or beer as defined in the Liquor
18        Control Act of 1934 on board  a  riverboat  and  to  have
19        exclusive  authority  to establish the hours for sale and
20        consumption of alcoholic liquor  on  board  a  riverboat,
21        notwithstanding  any  provision of the Liquor Control Act
22        of 1934 or any local ordinance, and regardless of whether
23        the riverboat makes excursions.  The establishment of the
24        hours for sale and consumption  of  alcoholic  liquor  on
25        board  a  riverboat is an exclusive power and function of
26        the State.  A home rule unit may not establish the  hours
27        for  sale  and consumption of alcoholic liquor on board a
28        riverboat.  This amendatory Act of 1991 is a  denial  and
29        limitation  of  home  rule  powers  and  functions  under
30        subsection  (h)  of  Section  6  of  Article  VII  of the
31        Illinois Constitution.
32             (19)  After consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of
33        Engineers, to establish binding emergency orders upon the
34        concurrence of a majority of the  members  of  the  Board
 
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 1        regarding   the   navigability   of  water,  relative  to
 2        excursions, in the event of extreme  weather  conditions,
 3        acts of God or other extreme circumstances.
 4             (20)  To delegate the execution of any of its powers
 5        under  this  Act  for  the  purpose  of administering and
 6        enforcing  this  Act  and  its  rules   and   regulations
 7        hereunder.
 8             (21)  To  take any other action as may be reasonable
 9        or  appropriate  to  enforce  this  Act  and  rules   and
10        regulations hereunder.
11        (d)  The Board may seek and shall receive the cooperation
12    of  the  Department  of State Police in conducting background
13    investigations  of   applicants   and   in   fulfilling   its
14    responsibilities  under  this Section.  Costs incurred by the
15    Department of State Police as a result  of  such  cooperation
16    shall   be   paid  by  the  Board  in  conformance  with  the
17    requirements of Section 2605-400 of the Department  of  State
18    Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400).
19        (e)  The Board must authorize to each investigator and to
20    any  other  employee  of the Board exercising the powers of a
21    peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly
22    states that the badge is authorized by  the  Board  and  (ii)
23    contains  a  unique identifying number.  No other badge shall
24    be authorized by the Board.
25    (Source:  P.A.  91-40,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
26    91-883, eff. 1-1-01.)

27        Section 235-5.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended
28    by changing Sections 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-9, and 3-10 as follows:

29        (235 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 97)
30        Sec. 3-1.  Illinois Liquor Control Commission.  There  is
31    hereby created an Illinois Liquor Control Commission.
32        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
 
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 1    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
 2    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
 3    whichever  occurs  later,  the   Commission   shall   consist
 4    consisting  of 7 members to be appointed by the Governor with
 5    the advice and consent of the Senate, no more than 4 of  whom
 6    shall be members of the same political party.
 7        The  term  of each appointed member of the Commission who
 8    is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
 9    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
10    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
11    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
12    whichever occurs later.
13        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
14    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
15    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
16    whichever occurs later, the Commission  shall  consist  of  5
17    members  to  be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
18    consent of the Senate, no  more  than  3  of  whom  shall  be
19    members  of  the  same  political  party.  The Governor shall
20    designate one of the members to serve as Chairman.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

22        (235 ILCS 5/3-2) (from Ch. 43, par. 98)
23        Sec. 3-2.  Vacancies; terms.
24        Immediately, or soon as may be after the  effective  date
25    of  this  Act,  the  Governor  shall appoint 3 members of the
26    commission, one of whom shall be  designated  as  "Chairman",
27    one  to  hold  office  for  a  period of 2 years, one to hold
28    office for a period of 4 years and one to hold office  for  a
29    period  of  6 years.  Immediately, or as soon as may be after
30    the effective date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1983,  the
31    Governor  shall  appoint  2  members to the commission to the
32    offices created by this amendatory Act of 1983,  one  for  an
33    initial term expiring the third Monday in January of 1986 and
 
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 1    one  for an initial term expiring the third Monday in January
 2    of 1988.  At  the  expiration  of  the    term  of  any  such
 3    commissioner  the  Governor shall reappoint said commissioner
 4    or appoint a successor of said commissioner for a period of 6
 5    years.
 6        (a)  The Governor shall have power to fill  vacancies  in
 7    the office of any commissioner.
 8        Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  this  Section to the
 9    contrary, the term of office of each member of the commission
10    is abolished on the effective date of this amendatory Act  of
11    1985,  but  the  incumbent members shall continue to exercise
12    all of the powers and be subject to  all  of  the  duties  of
13    members  of  the commission until their respective successors
14    are appointed and qualified.
15        (b)  Of the commissioners initially appointed pursuant to
16    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly,  the
17    Governor shall appoint 2  members  of  the  commission  whose
18    terms  of  office  shall  expire  on February 1, 2009 1986, 2
19    members of the commission whose terms of office shall  expire
20    on  February  1,  2007 1988, and one member of the commission
21    whose term shall expire on  February  1,  2005  1990.   Their
22    respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years
23    from  the  first  day of February of the year of appointment.
24    Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed  and
25    qualified.
26        The  initial  term  of  both  of the 2 additional members
27    appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 91st General
28    Assembly shall expire on February 1, 2006.  Their  respective
29    successors  shall  be appointed for terms of 6 years from the
30    first day of February  of  the  year  of  appointment.   Each
31    member  shall  serve  until his or her successor is appointed
32    and qualified.
33    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
 
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 1        (235 ILCS 5/3-3) (from Ch. 43, par. 99)
 2        Sec. 3-3.  Quorum; Secretary; Executive Director.
 3        (a)  If there is no vacancy on the Commission, 4  members
 4    of  the  Commission  shall  constitute  a  quorum to transact
 5    business; otherwise,  a  majority  of  the  Commission  shall
 6    constitute  a  quorum  to  transact  business, and no vacancy
 7    shall impair the right of the remaining members  to  exercise
 8    all  of  the powers of the Commission.  Every action approved
 9    by a majority of the  members  of  the  Commission  shall  be
10    deemed to be the action of the Commission.  A majority of the
11    commission  shall  constitute  a quorum to transact business,
12    but no vacancy  shall  impair  the  right  of  the  remaining
13    commissioners   to   exercise   all  of  the  powers  of  the
14    commission; and every act of a majority of the members of the
15    commission shall be deemed to be the act of the commission.
16        (b)  The Commission shall have a Secretary, appointed  by
17    the  Governor,  who  shall  keep a record of all proceedings,
18    transactions,  communications  and  official  acts   of   the
19    Commission  and  who  shall  be  custodian of all records and
20    perform such other duties as the Commission may prescribe.
21        (c)  The Commission shall have an Executive Director, who
22    shall be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties of
23    the Executive Director shall be fixed by the Commission.
24    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

25        (235 ILCS 5/3-9) (from Ch. 43, par. 105)
26        Sec. 3-9.  Compensation of commissioners, Secretary,  and
27    employees.
28        (a)  Members  of  the  Commission shall receive an annual
29    salary of $28,924 for their service.  Beginning July 1, 2004,
30    these salaries may be adjusted  by  the  Compensation  Review
31    Board.    The  chairman  of  the  Commission shall receive an
32    annual salary of $32,000 or such greater amount as may be set
33    by the Compensation Review Board.   The  other  commissioners
 
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 1    shall  receive  an  annual  salary of $28,000 or such greater
 2    amount as may be set by the Compensation Review Board.
 3        (b)  The Secretary of the  Commission  shall  receive  an
 4    annual  salary  as set by the Compensation Review Board.  All
 5    clerks, inspectors, and employees  of  the  Commission  shall
 6    receive  reasonable  compensation  in  an amount fixed by the
 7    Commission,  subject  to  the  approval  in  writing  of  the
 8    Governor.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

10        (235 ILCS 5/3-10) (from Ch. 43, par. 106)
11        Sec. 3-10.  Expenses.  The Commissioners, the  Secretary,
12    and  all  clerks,  inspectors  and  other  employees shall be
13    reimbursed for all actual and necessary traveling  and  other
14    expenses  and  disbursements  incurred or made by them in the
15    discharge of their official duties.  The Commission may  also
16    incur  necessary  expenses  for  office  furniture  and other
17    incidental expenses.
18        A commissioner who experiences  a  significant  financial
19    hardship  due  to the loss of income on days of attendance at
20    meetings or while otherwise engaged in the  business  of  the
21    Commission may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by
22    and  subject to the approval of the Governor's Travel Control
23    Board.
24    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

25        Section 410-515.  The Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act  is
26    amended by changing Sections 0.01, 1, 2, 3, and 6 as follows:

27        (410 ILCS 515/0.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7850)
28        Sec.  0.01.   Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
29    Brain Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
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 1        (410 ILCS 515/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7851)
 2        Sec. 1.  As used in this Act, unless the context  clearly
 3    indicates otherwise:
 4        (a)  "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
 5        (b)  "Brain  Head injury" means a sudden insult or damage
 6    to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative  nature,
 7    which   produces   an   altered  state  of  consciousness  or
 8    temporarily  or  permanently   impairs   mental,   cognitive,
 9    behavioral  or  physical functioning.  This includes cerebral
10    vascular accidents and, aneurisms. and   Congenital  deficits
11    are excluded from this definition.
12        (c)  "Spinal  cord injury" means an injury that occurs as
13    a result of trauma, which involves spinal vertebral fracture,
14    or where the injured person  suffers  any  of  the  following
15    effects:
16             (1)  effects   on   the   sensory  system  including
17        numbness, tingling or loss of sensation in the body or in
18        one or more extremities;
19             (2)  effects on the motor system including  weakness
20        or paralysis in one or more extremities;
21             (3)  effects  on the visceral system including bowel
22        or bladder dysfunction or hypotension.
23        (d)  "Council" means the Brain and  Advisory  Council  on
24    Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Council and Head Injuries.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-510.)

26        (410 ILCS 515/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7852)
27        Sec. 2.  Information; reports.
28        (a)  The  Department  shall  establish  and  maintain  an
29    information  registry and reporting system for the purpose of
30    data collection and needs assessment of  persons  with  brain
31    head and spinal cord injuries injured persons in this State.
32        (b)  Reports of brain head and spinal cord injuries shall
33    be  filed  with the Department by a hospital administrator or
 
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 1    his designee on a quarterly basis.
 2        (c)  Reporting  forms  and  the  manner  in   which   the
 3    information  is  to  be  reported  shall  be  provided by the
 4    Department.  Such reports shall include,  but  shall  not  be
 5    limited  to,  the  following  information:   name,  age,  and
 6    residence  of  the  injured person, the date and cause of the
 7    injury, the initial diagnosis and such other  information  as
 8    may be required by the Department.
 9    (Source: P.A. 86-510; 87-691.)

10        (410 ILCS 515/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7853)
11        Sec.  3.   (a)  All  reports and records made pursuant to
12    this  Act  and  maintained  by  the  Department   and   other
13    appropriate  persons,  officials and institutions pursuant to
14    this Act shall be confidential.   Information  shall  not  be
15    made available to any individual or institution except to:
16        (1)  appropriate staff of the Department;
17        (2)  any  person engaged in a bona fide research project,
18    with the permission of the Director of Public Health,  except
19    that  no  information identifying the subjects of the reports
20    or the reporters  shall  be  made  available  to  researchers
21    unless  the Department requests and receives consent for such
22    release pursuant to the provisions of this Section; and
23        (3)  the Council, except that no information  identifying
24    the  subjects  of  the reports or the reporters shall be made
25    available to  the  Council  unless  consent  for  release  is
26    requested  and  received  pursuant  to the provisions of this
27    Section.  Only  information  pertaining  to  brain  head  and
28    spinal  cord  injuries  as  defined  in Section 1 of this Act
29    shall be released to the Council.
30        (b)  The Department shall not reveal the  identity  of  a
31    patient,  physician  or hospital, except that the identity of
32    the patient may be  released  upon  written  consent  of  the
33    patient,  parent  or  guardian, the identity of the physician
 
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 1    may be released upon written consent of  the  physician,  and
 2    the  identity  of  the  hospital may be released upon written
 3    consent of the hospital.
 4        (c)  The Department shall  request  consent  for  release
 5    from  a  patient, a physician or hospital only upon a showing
 6    by  the  applicant  for  such  release  that  obtaining   the
 7    identities  of  certain  patients, physicians or hospitals is
 8    necessary for his bonafide research directly related  to  the
 9    objectives of this Act.
10        (d)  The  Department  shall  at  least annually compile a
11    report of the data accumulated through the  reporting  system
12    established under Section 2 of this Act and shall submit such
13    data relating to spinal cord injuries and brain head injuries
14    in  accordance  with confidentiality restrictions established
15    pursuant to this Act to the Council.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-510.)

17        (410 ILCS 515/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7856)
18        Sec. 6.  Advisory Council.
19        (a)  There is  hereby  created  the  Brain  and  Advisory
20    Council  on  Spinal  Cord  Injury  Advisory  Council and Head
21    Injuries within the Department of Human Services.
22        Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members  to  be
23    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
24    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
25    whichever  occurs  later,  the  Council  shall  consist of 29
26    members,  appointed by  the  Governor  with  the  advice  and
27    consent  of the Senate.  Members shall serve 3-year terms and
28    until their successors are appointed by the Governor with the
29    advice and consent of the Senate.  The members  appointed  by
30    the  Governor  shall  include  2  neurosurgeons, 2 orthopedic
31    surgeons, 2 rehabilitation specialists, one of whom shall  be
32    a  registered  nurse,  4 persons with head injuries or family
33    members of persons with head injuries, 4 persons with  spinal
 
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 1    cord  injuries  or family members of persons with spinal cord
 2    injuries,  a  representative  of  an  Illinois   college   or
 3    university,  and a representative from health institutions or
 4    private industry.  These members shall not serve more than  2
 5    consecutive  3-year  terms.   The  Governor shall appoint one
 6    individual from each of the following entities to the Council
 7    as ex-officio members: the unit of the  Department  of  Human
 8    Services  that  is  responsible for the administration of the
 9    vocational rehabilitation program, another  unit  within  the
10    Department  of  Human  Services  that  provides  services for
11    individuals with disabilities, the State Board of  Education,
12    the Department of Public Health, the Department of Insurance,
13    the  Department  of  Public  Aid, the Division of Specialized
14    Care  for  Children  of  the  University  of  Illinois,   the
15    Statewide   Independent   Living   Council,   and  the  State
16    Rehabilitation Advisory Council.  Ex-officio members are  not
17    subject   to  limit  of  2  consecutive  3-year  terms.   The
18    appointment of individuals representing State agencies  shall
19    be  conditioned  on  their  continued  employment  with their
20    respective agencies.
21        The term of each appointed member of the Council  who  is
22    in  office  on  June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
23    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
24    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
25    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
26    whichever occurs later.
27        (a-5)  Beginning  on  July 1, 2003 or when all of the new
28    members to be initially appointed under this  amendatory  Act
29    of  the  93rd  General  Assembly  have  been appointed by the
30    Governor, whichever occurs later, the Council  shall  consist
31    of  10  individual  members and 5 agency members appointed by
32    the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
33        The individual members appointed by  the  Governor  shall
34    consist  of 2 physicians, one of whom specializes in the care
 
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 1    and rehabilitation of persons with brain injury  and  one  of
 2    whom  specializes  in  the care and rehabilitation of persons
 3    with spinal cord injury; 2 rehabilitation therapists, one  of
 4    whom  specializes  in  the care and rehabilitation of persons
 5    with brain injury and one of whom specializes in the care and
 6    rehabilitation  of  persons  with  spinal  cord  injury;  one
 7    certified rehabilitation registered nurse (CRRN);  2  persons
 8    with  brain  injury  or  family members of persons with brain
 9    injury; 2 persons with spinal cord injury or  family  members
10    of persons with spinal cord injury; and one person affiliated
11    with a health care institution.  Individual members shall not
12    serve more than 2 consecutive 3-year terms.
13        The  agency  members  appointed  by  the  Governor  shall
14    consist  of  one  representative  of  each  of  the following
15    agencies:  the Brain  Injury  Association  of  Illinois;  the
16    Spinal  Cord  Injury Association of Illinois; the unit within
17    the Department of Human Services that provides  services  for
18    individuals  with disabilities; the State Board of Education;
19    and the Division of Specialized  Care  for  Children  of  the
20    University  of  Illinois.  The appointments of agency members
21    shall be conditioned on their continued employment with their
22    respective agencies.  Agency members are not subject  to  any
23    limit on consecutive terms.
24        Of  the  members  initially  appointed  pursuant  to this
25    amendatory Act of the  93rd  General  Assembly,  5  shall  be
26    appointed  for  terms  of  one year, 5 shall be appointed for
27    terms of 2 years, and 5 shall be appointed  for  terms  of  3
28    years,  and  until  their  successors have been appointed and
29    qualified.  Thereafter, members shall be appointed for 3-year
30    terms and until their  successors  have  been  appointed  and
31    qualified.
32        (b)  From   funds  appropriated  for  such  purpose,  the
33    Department of Human Services shall provide to the Council the
34    necessary staff and expenses to  carry  out  the  duties  and
 
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 1    responsibilities  assigned by the Council.  The Council shall
 2    have a director, who shall be appointed by the Governor.  The
 3    salary of the  director  shall  be  fixed  and  paid  by  the
 4    Department  of  Human  Services.   The duties of the director
 5    shall be fixed by the Council. Such staff shall consist of  a
 6    director and other support staff.
 7        (c)  Meetings  shall be held at least every 90 days or at
 8    the call of the Council chairman, who shall be  appointed  by
 9    the  Governor  from  among  the  members  of  elected  by the
10    Council.
11        (d)  Each member shall be reimbursed for  reasonable  and
12    necessary  expenses  actually  incurred in the performance of
13    his official duties.  A member who experiences a  significant
14    financial  hardship  due  to  the  loss  of income on days of
15    attendance at meetings or  while  otherwise  engaged  in  the
16    business  of the Council may be paid a hardship allowance, as
17    determined by and subject to the approval of  the  Governor's
18    Travel Control Board.
19        (e)  The Council shall adopt written procedures to govern
20    its  activities.    Consultants  shall  be  provided  for the
21    Council from appropriations made for such purpose.
22        (f)  The  Council  shall  make  recommendations  to   the
23    Governor  for  developing  and  administering a State plan to
24    provide services for persons with brain  injury  and  persons
25    with spinal cord injury and head injured persons.
26        (g)  No  member of the Council may participate in or seek
27    to influence a decision or vote of the Council if the  member
28    would  be  directly  involved  with the matter or if he would
29    derive income from it.  A violation of this prohibition shall
30    be grounds for a person to be removed  as  a  member  of  the
31    Council by the Governor.
32        (h)  The Council shall:
33             (1)  promote   meetings   and   programs   for   the
34        discussion  of reducing the debilitating effects of brain
 
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 1        injuries  and  spinal  cord   and   head   injuries   and
 2        disseminate  information  in  cooperation  with any other
 3        department,  agency  or   entity   on   the   prevention,
 4        evaluation, care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons
 5        affected  by  brain  injuries  and  spinal  cord and head
 6        injuries;
 7             (2)  study   and    review    current    prevention,
 8        evaluation,    care,    treatment    and   rehabilitation
 9        technologies  and  recommend   appropriate   preparation,
10        training,  retraining  and  distribution  of manpower and
11        resources in the provision of services  to  persons  with
12        brain  injury  and  spinal  cord  injury and head injured
13        persons   through   private   and   public    residential
14        facilities, day programs and other specialized services;
15             (3)  recommend    specific    methods,   means   and
16        procedures which should be adopted to improve and upgrade
17        the State's service  delivery  system  for  persons  with
18        brain  injury  and persons with spinal cord injury in and
19        head injured citizens of this State;
20             (4)  participate  in  developing  and  disseminating
21        criteria and standards which may be required  for  future
22        funding  or  licensing  of  facilities,  day programs and
23        other specialized services for persons with brain  injury
24        and  persons  with  spinal  cord  injury and head injured
25        persons in this State;
26             (5)  report annually to the Governor and the General
27        Assembly on its activities, and on  the  results  of  its
28        studies and the recommendations of the Council; and
29             (6)  be  the  advisory board for purposes of federal
30        programs regarding traumatic brain injury.
31        (i)  The Department  of  Human  Services  may  accept  on
32    behalf of the Council federal funds, gifts and donations from
33    individuals,  private  organizations and foundations, and any
34    other funds that may become available.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-453, eff. 8-16-97.)

 2        Section  415-5.   The  Environmental  Protection  Act  is
 3    amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

 4        (415 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1005)
 5        Sec. 5. Pollution Control Board.
 6        (a)  There is hereby created an independent board  to  be
 7    known as the Pollution Control Board. , consisting
 8        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
 9    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
10    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
11    whichever  occurs  later,  the  Board  shall  consist  of   7
12    technically  qualified members, no more than 4 of whom may be
13    of the same political party, to be appointed by the  Governor
14    with the advice and consent of the Senate.
15        The  term of each appointed member of the Board who is in
16    office on June 30, 2003  shall  terminate  at  the  close  of
17    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
18    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
19    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
20    whichever occurs later.
21        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
22    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
23    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
24    whichever   occurs  later,  the  Board  shall  consist  of  5
25    technically qualified members, no more than 3 of whom may  be
26    of  the same political party, to be appointed by the Governor
27    with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.   Members  shall
28    have  verifiable technical, academic, or actual experience in
29    the field of  pollution  control  or  environmental  law  and
30    regulation.
31        Of  the  members  initially  appointed  pursuant  to this
32    amendatory Act of the 93rd General  Assembly,  one  shall  be
 
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 1    appointed  for  a  term  ending  July  1,  2004,  2  shall be
 2    appointed for terms ending July  1,  2005,  and  2  shall  be
 3    appointed  for  terms  ending  July 1, 2006.  Thereafter, all
 4    members shall hold office for 3 years from the first  day  of
 5    July in the year in which they were appointed, except in case
 6    of an appointment to fill a vacancy.  In case of a vacancy in
 7    the  office  when  the Senate is not in session, the Governor
 8    may make a temporary appointment until the  next  meeting  of
 9    the Senate, when he or she shall nominate some person to fill
10    such office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed by
11    the Senate, shall hold the office during the remainder of the
12    term.
13        Members  of  the  Board  shall  hold  office  until their
14    respective successors have been appointed and qualified.  Any
15    member may resign  from  office,  such  resignation  to  take
16    effect when a successor has been appointed and has qualified.
17        Board members shall be paid $37,000 per year or an amount
18    set  by  the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater,
19    and the Chairman shall be paid $43,000 per year or an  amount
20    set  by  the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
21    Each member shall devote his or her entire time to the duties
22    of the office, and shall hold no other office or position  of
23    profit,  nor  engage  in  any  other business, employment, or
24    vocation.  Each  member  shall  be  reimbursed  for  expenses
25    necessarily   incurred,   shall   devote  full  time  to  the
26    performance of his or her duties and shall make  a  financial
27    disclosure upon appointment.
28        Each  Board  member  may  employ  one  secretary  and one
29    assistant, and the Chairman one secretary and  2  assistants.
30    The  Board also may employ and compensate hearing officers to
31    preside at hearings under this Act, and such other  personnel
32    as  may  be  necessary.   Hearing officers shall be attorneys
33    licensed to practice law in Illinois.
34        The Board may have an Executive Director,  who  shall  be
 
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 1    appointed  by  the  Governor.   The  salary and duties of the
 2    Executive Director shall be fixed by the Board.
 3        The Governor shall  designate  one  Board  member  to  be
 4    Chairman, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
 5        The  Board shall hold at least one meeting each month and
 6    such additional meetings as may be prescribed by Board rules.
 7    In addition, special meetings may be called by  the  Chairman
 8    or  by any 2 Board members, upon delivery of 24 hours written
 9    notice to the office of  each  member.   All  Board  meetings
10    shall  be  open  to  the  public,  and  public  notice of all
11    meetings shall be given at least 24 hours in advance of  each
12    meeting.   In emergency situations in which a majority of the
13    Board  certifies  that  exigencies  of   time   require   the
14    requirements  of  public notice and of 24 hour written notice
15    to members may be dispensed with,  and  Board  members  shall
16    receive such notice as is reasonable under the circumstances.
17        If  there  is  no  vacancy on the Board, 4 members of the
18    Board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  transact   business;
19    otherwise,  a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum
20    to transact business, and no vacancy shall impair  the  right
21    of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the
22    Board.  Every action approved by a majority of the members of
23    the Board shall be deemed to be the action of the Board. Four
24    members  of  the Board shall constitute a quorum, and 4 votes
25    shall be required for any final determination by  the  Board,
26    except  in  a proceeding to remove a seal under paragraph (d)
27    of Section 34 of this Act.  The Board shall keep  a  complete
28    and accurate record of all its meetings.
29        (b)  The  Board shall determine, define and implement the
30    environmental control standards applicable in  the  State  of
31    Illinois  and  may  adopt rules and regulations in accordance
32    with Title VII of this Act.
33        (c)  The Board shall have authority to act for the  State
34    in  regard to the adoption of standards for submission to the
 
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 1    United States under any federal law respecting  environmental
 2    protection.   Such  standards  shall be adopted in accordance
 3    with Title  VII  of  the  Act  and  upon  adoption  shall  be
 4    forwarded   to   the   Environmental  Protection  Agency  for
 5    submission to the United States pursuant to  subsections  (l)
 6    and  (m) of Section 4 of this Act.  Nothing in this paragraph
 7    shall limit  the  discretion  of  the  Governor  to  delegate
 8    authority granted to the Governor under any federal law.
 9        (d)  The   Board   shall   have   authority   to  conduct
10    proceedings upon complaints charging violations of this  Act,
11    any  rule or regulation adopted under this Act, or any permit
12    or  term  or  condition  of  a  permit;  upon  administrative
13    citations;  upon  petitions   for   variances   or   adjusted
14    standards;  upon  petitions  for review of the Agency's final
15    determinations on  permit  applications  in  accordance  with
16    Title  X  of  this  Act; upon petitions to remove seals under
17    Section 34 of this Act; and upon other petitions  for  review
18    of  final  determinations which are made pursuant to this Act
19    or Board rule and which involve a subject which the Board  is
20    authorized  to  regulate.   The  Board may also conduct other
21    proceedings as may be provided  by  this  Act  or  any  other
22    statute or rule.
23        (e)  In   connection  with  any  proceeding  pursuant  to
24    subsection (b) or (d) of this Section, the Board may subpoena
25    and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production  of
26    evidence  reasonably  necessary  to  resolution of the matter
27    under consideration.  The Board shall  issue  such  subpoenas
28    upon   the  request  of  any  party  to  a  proceeding  under
29    subsection (d) of this Section or upon its own motion.
30        (f)  The Board may prescribe reasonable fees for  permits
31    required  pursuant  to  this Act.  Such fees in the aggregate
32    may  not  exceed  the  total  cost  to  the  Agency  for  its
33    inspection and permit systems.  The Board may  not  prescribe
34    any  permit  fees  which  are  different in amount from those
 
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 1    established by this Act.
 2    (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

 3        Section 420-20.  The Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste
 4    Management  Act  is  amended  by  changing  Section  10.2  as
 5    follows:

 6        (420 ILCS 20/10.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-10.2)
 7        Sec. 10.2.  Creation of Low-Level Radioactive Waste  Task
 8    Group;   adoption   of   criteria;   selection  of  site  for
 9    characterization.
10        (a)  There is hereby created  the  Low-Level  Radioactive
11    Waste   Task   Group  consisting  of  the  Directors  of  the
12    Environmental Protection Agency, the  Department  of  Natural
13    Resources,  and  the  Department  of Nuclear Safety (or their
14    designees)  and  6  additional  members  designated  by   the
15    Governor.    The 6 additional members shall: (1) be confirmed
16    by the Senate; and (2) receive compensation of $300  per  day
17    for their services on the Task Group unless they are officers
18    or  employees  of the State, in which case they shall receive
19    no additional compensation.
20        Four of the additional members shall  have  expertise  in
21    the  field  of geology, hydrogeology, or hydrology.  Of the 2
22    remaining additional members, one shall be a  member  of  the
23    public with experience in environmental matters and one shall
24    have at least 5 years experience in local government.
25        Members   of   the   Task  Group  The  Directors  of  the
26    Environmental Protection Agency, the  Department  of  Natural
27    Resources,  and  the  Department  of Nuclear Safety (or their
28    designees) shall receive no additional compensation for their
29    service on the Task Group.  All members  of  the  Task  Group
30    shall  be  compensated  for  their expenses.  A member of the
31    Task Group who experiences a significant  financial  hardship
32    due  to  the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings
 
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 1    or while otherwise engaged in the business of the Task  Group
 2    may  be  paid  a  hardship  allowance,  as  determined by and
 3    subject to the approval  of  the  Governor's  Travel  Control
 4    Board.
 5        The  Governor  shall  designate  the chairman of the Task
 6    Group.  Upon adoption of the criteria under subsection (b) of
 7    this Section, the Directors  of  the  Department  of  Nuclear
 8    Safety  and  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency  shall be
 9    replaced on the Task  Group  by  members  designated  by  the
10    Governor and confirmed by the Senate.  The members designated
11    to  replace the Directors of the Department of Nuclear Safety
12    and the  Environmental  Protection  Agency  shall  have  such
13    expertise  as the Governor may determine.  The members of the
14    Task Group shall be members until they resign,  are  replaced
15    by  the  Governor, or the Task Group is abolished.  Except as
16    provided in this Act, the Task Group shall be subject to  the
17    Open  Meetings  Act and the Illinois Administrative Procedure
18    Act.  Any action required to be taken by the Task Group under
19    this Act shall be taken by a majority vote of its members. An
20    identical  vote  by  5  members  of  the  Task  Group   shall
21    constitute a majority vote.
22        (b)  To  protect  the  public health, safety and welfare,
23    the Task Group shall develop proposed criteria for  selection
24    of  a  site  for  a  regional  disposal  facility.  Principal
25    criteria   shall   relate   to   the   geographic,  geologic,
26    seismologic,  tectonic,  hydrologic,  and  other   scientific
27    conditions  best  suited  for  a  regional disposal facility.
28    Supplemental criteria may relate to land use  (including  (i)
29    the  location  of  existing  underground  mines  and (ii) the
30    exclusion of State parks, State conservation areas, and other
31    State owned lands identified by the Task  Group),  economics,
32    transportation,  meteorology, and any other matter identified
33    by the Task Group as relating to desirable conditions  for  a
34    regional  disposal  facility. All of the criteria shall be as
 
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 1    specific as possible.
 2        The chairman of the Task Group shall publish a notice  of
 3    availability of the proposed criteria in the State newspaper,
 4    make copies of the proposed criteria available without charge
 5    to  the  public, and hold public hearings to receive comments
 6    on the proposed criteria.  Written comments on  the  proposed
 7    criteria  may  be submitted to the chairman of the Task Group
 8    within a time period to be  determined  by  the  Task  Group.
 9    Upon completion of the review of timely submitted comments on
10    the  proposed  criteria,  the Task Group shall adopt criteria
11    for selection of a site for  a  regional  disposal  facility.
12    Adoption  of  the  criteria  is  not  subject to the Illinois
13    Administrative Procedure Act.  The chairman of the Task Group
14    shall provide copies of the criteria  to  the  Governor,  the
15    President  and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and
16    Minority Leader of the House, and all county  boards  in  the
17    State  of  Illinois  and  shall  make  copies of the criteria
18    available without charge to the public.
19        (c)  Upon adoption  of  the  criteria,  the  Director  of
20    Natural  Resources  shall  direct  the  Scientific Surveys to
21    screen the State of Illinois.  By  September  30,  1997,  the
22    Scientific  Surveys  shall (i) complete a Statewide screening
23    of the State using available  information  and  the  Surveys'
24    geography-based  information system to produce individual and
25    composite  maps  showing  the   application   of   individual
26    criteria;   (ii)   complete   the   evaluation  of  all  land
27    volunteered before the effective date of this amendatory  Act
28    of  1997  to  determine  whether  any of the volunteered land
29    appears likely to satisfy the criteria;  (iii)  document  the
30    results  of the screening and volunteer site evaluations in a
31    written report and submit the report to the chairman  of  the
32    Task Group and to the Director; and (iv) transmit to the Task
33    Group  and to the Department, in a form specified by the Task
34    Group and  the  Department,  all  information  and  documents
 
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 1    assembled   by  the  Scientific  Surveys  in  performing  the
 2    obligations of the Scientific Surveys under  this Act.   Upon
 3    completion  of  the  screening  and volunteer site evaluation
 4    process, the Director of the Department of Natural  Resources
 5    shall  be replaced on the Task Group by a member appointed by
 6    the  Governor  and  confirmed  by  the  Senate.   The  member
 7    appointed to  replace  the  Director  of  the  Department  of
 8    Natural  Resources  shall  have  expertise  that the Governor
 9    determines to be appropriate.
10        (c-3)  By  December   1,   2000,   the   Department,   in
11    consultation  with  the Task Group, waste generators, and any
12    interested counties and municipalities and  after  holding  3
13    public hearings throughout the State,  shall prepare a report
14    regarding,  at  a  minimum,  the impact and ramifications, if
15    any, of  the  following  factors  and  circumstances  on  the
16    siting,   design,   licensure,   development,   construction,
17    operation,  closure,  and  post-closure  care  of  a regional
18    disposal facility:
19             (1)  the federal, state, and regional  programs  for
20        the   siting,  development,  and  operation  of  disposal
21        facilities  for  low-level  radioactive  wastes  and  the
22        nature, extent, and  likelihood  of  any  legislative  or
23        administrative changes to those programs;
24             (2)  (blank);
25             (3)  the   current  and  most  reliable  projections
26        regarding the costs of the siting,  design,  development,
27        construction,  operation,  closure,  decommissioning, and
28        post-closure care of a regional disposal facility;
29             (4)  the current and most reliable estimates of  the
30        total  volume of low-level radioactive waste that will be
31        disposed at a regional disposal facility in Illinois  and
32        the projected annual volume amounts;
33             (5)  the nature and extent of the available, if any,
34        storage and disposal facilities outside the region of the
 
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 1        Compact for storage and disposal of low-level radioactive
 2        waste  generated  from  within the region of the Compact;
 3        and
 4             (6)  the  development  and   implementation   of   a
 5        voluntary  site  selection  process  in which land may be
 6        volunteered for the regional disposal facility jointly by
 7        landowners and (i) the municipality in which the land  is
 8        located,  (ii)  every  municipality within 1 1/2 miles of
 9        the land if the land is not  within  a  municipality,  or
10        (iii) the county or counties in which the land is located
11        if the land is not within a municipality and not within 1
12        1/2  miles  of a municipality. The Director shall provide
13        copies of the report to the Governor, the  President  and
14        Minority  Leader  of  the  Senate,  and  the  Speaker and
15        Minority Leader of the House.  The  Director  shall  also
16        publish  a  notice  of  availability of the report in the
17        State newspaper and make copies of the  report  available
18        without charge to the public.
19        (c-5)  Following  submittal  of  the  report  pursuant to
20    subsection (c-3) of this Section, the  Department  may  adopt
21    rules  establishing a site selection process for the regional
22    disposal  facility.   In  developing  rules,  the  Department
23    shall, at a minimum, consider the following:
24             (1)  A comprehensive and open  process  under  which
25        the  land  for  sites  recommended  and  proposed  by the
26        contractor under subsection (e) of this Section shall  be
27        volunteered  lands  as provided in this Section. Land may
28        be volunteered for the regional disposal facility jointly
29        by landowners and (i) the municipality in which the  land
30        is  located,  (ii) every municipality with 1 1/2 miles of
31        the land if the land is not  within  a  municipality,  or
32        (iii) the county or counties in which the land is located
33        if the land is not within a municipality and not within 1
34        1/2 miles of a municipality.
 
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 1             (2)  Utilization   of   the   State   screening  and
 2        volunteer  site  evaluation  report   prepared   by   the
 3        Scientific  Surveys  under subsection (c) of this Section
 4        for the purpose of  determining  whether  proposed  sites
 5        appear likely to satisfy the site selection criteria.
 6             (3)  Coordination of the site selection process with
 7        the  projected  annual  and  total  volume  of  low-level
 8        radioactive waste to be disposed at the regional disposal
 9        facility  as  identified  in  the  report  prepared under
10        subsection (c-3) of this Section.
11        The  site  selection  process  established   under   this
12    subsection  shall  require  the  contractor  selected  by the
13    Department pursuant to Sections 5  and  10  of  this  Act  to
14    propose  one  site  to  the  Task  Group  for  approval under
15    subsections (d) through (i) of this Section.
16        No proposed site shall be selected as the  site  for  the
17    regional  disposal  facility  unless  it  satisfies  the site
18    selection  criteria  established  by  the  Task  Group  under
19    subsection (b) of this Section.
20        (d)  The contractor  selected  by  the  Department  under
21    Sections  5  and  10  of  this Act shall conduct evaluations,
22    including possible intrusive  field  investigations,  of  the
23    sites  and  locations  identified  under  the  site selection
24    process established under subsection (c-5) of this Section.
25        (e)  Upon  completion  of  the  site   evaluations,   the
26    contractor selected by the Department shall identify one site
27    of  at least 640 acres that appears promising for development
28    of the regional disposal facility in compliance with the site
29    selection criteria established by the Task Group pursuant  to
30    subsection  (b)  of this Section.  The contractor may conduct
31    any other  evaluation  of  the  site  identified  under  this
32    subsection that the contractor deems appropriate to determine
33    whether   the  site  satisfies  the  criteria  adopted  under
34    subsection (b) of  this  Section.   Upon  completion  of  the
 
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 1    evaluations  under  this  subsection,  the  contractor  shall
 2    prepare  and  submit  to  the  Department  a  report  on  the
 3    evaluation of the identified site, including a recommendation
 4    as   to   whether  the  identified  site  should  be  further
 5    considered for selection as a site for the regional  disposal
 6    facility.  A site so recommended for further consideration is
 7    hereinafter referred to as a "proposed site".
 8        (f)  A report completed  under  subsection  (e)  of  this
 9    Section  that  recommends  a  proposed  site  shall  also  be
10    submitted  to the chairman of the Task Group.  Within 45 days
11    following receipt of a report, the chairman of the Task Group
12    shall publish in newspapers of  general  circulation  in  the
13    county  or  counties  in  which  a proposed site is located a
14    notice of the availability of the report and a  notice  of  a
15    public  meeting.   The chairman of the Task Group shall also,
16    within the 45-day period, provide copies of  the  report  and
17    the notice to the Governor, the President and Minority Leader
18    of  the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House,
19    members of the General Assembly from the legislative district
20    or districts in which a proposed site is located, the  county
21    board  or  boards  of  the  county  or  counties containing a
22    proposed site, and each city, village, and incorporated  town
23    within  a  5 mile radius of a proposed site.  The chairman of
24    the Task Group shall make  copies  of  the  report  available
25    without charge to the public.
26        (g)  The  chairman  of  the  Task  Group shall convene at
27    least one public meeting  on  each  proposed  site.   At  the
28    public  meeting  or  meetings, the contractor selected by the
29    Department shall present the results of the evaluation of the
30    proposed site.  The  Task  Group  shall  receive  such  other
31    written and oral information about the proposed site that may
32    be submitted at the meeting.  Following the meeting, the Task
33    Group  shall  decide  whether the proposed site satisfies the
34    criteria adopted under subsection (b) of  this  Section.   If
 
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 1    the  Task  Group  determines  that the proposed site does not
 2    satisfy the criteria, the Department may require a contractor
 3    to submit a further report pursuant to subsection (e) of this
 4    Section proposing another site from the locations  identified
 5    under  the  site  selection  process  established pursuant to
 6    subsection (c-5) of this Section as  likely  to  satisfy  the
 7    criteria.  Following notice and distribution of the report as
 8    required  by subsection (f) of this Section, the new proposed
 9    site shall be the subject of  a  public  meeting  under  this
10    subsection.   The contractor selected by the Department shall
11    propose additional sites, and the Task  Group  shall  conduct
12    additional public meetings, until the Task Group has approved
13    a proposed site recommended by a contractor as satisfying the
14    criteria  adopted  under  subsection (b) of this Section.  In
15    the event that the Task Group does not  approve  any  of  the
16    proposed  sites  recommended  by  the  contractor  under this
17    subsection  as  satisfying   the   criteria   adopted   under
18    subsection   (b)  of  this  Section,  the  Task  Group  shall
19    immediately suspend all work and the Department shall prepare
20    a  study  containing,  at   a   minimum,   the   Department's
21    recommendations regarding the viability of the site selection
22    process  established  pursuant  to  this  Act,  based  on the
23    factors and circumstances specified in items (1) through  (6)
24    of  subsection  (c-3)  of  Section 10.2. The Department shall
25    provide copies of the study to the  Governor,  the  President
26    and  Minority  Leader  of  the  Senate,  and  the Speaker and
27    Minority Leader of  the  House.  The  Department  shall  also
28    publish  a  notice  of availability of the study in the State
29    newspaper and make copies of  the  report  available  without
30    charge to the public.
31        (h)  (Blank).
32        (i)  Upon  the Task Group's decision that a proposed site
33    satisfies the criteria adopted under subsection (b)  of  this
34    Section,    the    contractor    shall   proceed   with   the
 
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 1    characterization and licensure of  the  proposed  site  under
 2    Section 10.3 of this Act and the Task Group shall immediately
 3    suspend  all  work, except as otherwise specifically required
 4    in subsection (b) of Section 10.3 of this Act.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-29, eff. 6-26-97; 91-601, eff. 8-16-99.)

 6        Section 430-85.  The Carnival and Amusement Rides  Safety
 7    Act is amended by changing Section 2-5 as follows:

 8        (430 ILCS 85/2-5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4055)
 9        Sec.  2-5.   Expenses.   The members of the Board who are
10    appointed by the Governor shall not receive compensation  for
11    their  services  but  at  the rate of $36 per day for meeting
12    days and shall be entitled to actual and  necessary  expenses
13    while  conducting the business of the Board.  A member of the
14    Board who experiences a significant financial hardship due to
15    the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings or while
16    otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may be paid  a
17    hardship  allowance,  as  determined  by  and  subject to the
18    approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
19    (Source: P.A. 83-1240.)

20        Section 605-10.  The  Toll  Highway  Act  is  amended  by
21    changing Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 as follows:

22        (605 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-3)
23        Sec. 3. Authority; appointments.  There is hereby created
24    an  Authority  to be known as The Illinois State Toll Highway
25    Authority, which is hereby constituted an instrumentality and
26    an administrative agency of the State of Illinois.
27        Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members  to  be
28    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
29    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
30    whichever  occurs  later, the said Authority shall consist of
 
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 1    11  directors;  the  Governor  and  the  Secretary   of   the
 2    Department  of  Transportation,  ex  officio, and 9 directors
 3    appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of  the
 4    Senate,  from  the  State  at large, which said directors and
 5    their successors are  hereby  authorized  to  carry  out  the
 6    provisions  of  this  Act,  and to exercise the powers herein
 7    conferred.
 8        The term of each appointed member of the Authority who is
 9    in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at  the  close  of
10    business  on  that  date or when all of the new members to be
11    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
12    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
13    whichever occurs later.
14        Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new  members
15    to  be  initially  appointed under this amendatory Act of the
16    93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the  Governor,
17    whichever  occurs  later,  the  Authority  shall consist of 9
18    directors: the Governor and the Secretary of  Transportation,
19    ex  officio,  and  7 directors appointed by the Governor with
20    the advice and consent of  the  Senate,  from  the  State  at
21    large; which directors are hereby authorized to carry out the
22    provisions  of  this  Act  and  to exercise the powers herein
23    conferred.
24        Of the 7 the 9 directors appointed by  the  Governor,  no
25    more  than  4  than  5 shall be members of the same political
26    party.  Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired  term  in
27    the  same  manner as original appointments.  All appointments
28    shall be in writing and filed with the Secretary of State  as
29    a  public  record.   It is the intention of this Section that
30    the  Governor's  appointments  shall   be   made   with   due
31    consideration to the location of proposed toll highway routes
32    so  that  maximum  geographic  representation  from the areas
33    served by  said  toll  highway  routes  may  be  accomplished
34    insofar as practicable.
 
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 1        The  said  Authority shall have the power to contract and
 2    be contracted with, to acquire, hold and convey personal  and
 3    real  property  or  any  interest therein including rights of
 4    way, franchises and easements; to have and use a common seal,
 5    and to  alter  the  same  at  will;  to  make  and  establish
 6    resolutions,  by-laws,  rules,  rates and regulations, and to
 7    alter  or  repeal  the  same  as  the  Authority  shall  deem
 8    necessary and  expedient  for  the  construction,  operation,
 9    relocation,  regulation  and  maintenance of a system of toll
10    highways within and through the State of Illinois.
11        Appointment of the additional directors provided  for  by
12    this  amendatory  Act  of  1980  shall be made within 30 days
13    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)

15        (605 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)
16        Sec. 4. Chairman.  Of  the  directors  appointed  by  the
17    Governor,  one  such  director  shall  be  appointed  by  the
18    Governor  as  chairman and shall hold office for 4 years from
19    the date of his appointment, and until his successor shall be
20    duly appointed and qualified, but shall be subject to removal
21    by  the  Governor  for  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty   or
22    malfeasance.
23        The  chairman  shall preside at all meetings of the Board
24    of  Directors  of  the  Authority;  shall  exercise   general
25    supervision   over   all   powers,  duties,  obligations  and
26    functions of the Authority; and shall approve  or  disapprove
27    all  resolutions,  by-laws, rules, rates and regulations made
28    and established by the Board of Directors, and  if  he  shall
29    approve thereof, he shall sign the same, and such as he shall
30    not  approve  he  shall return to the Board of Directors with
31    his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting
32    of  the  Board  of  Directors  occurring  after  the  passage
33    thereof. Such veto may  extend  to  any  one  or  more  items
 
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 1    contained   in   such   resolution,  by-law,  rule,  rate  or
 2    regulation, or to its entirety; and in case the veto  extends
 3    to   a  part  of  such  resolution,  by-law,  rule,  rate  or
 4    regulation, the residue thereof shall take effect and  be  in
 5    force,  but  in  case  the  chairman shall fail to return any
 6    resolution,  by-law,  rule,  rate  or  regulation  with   his
 7    objections  thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed
 8    to have approved the same, and the  same  shall  take  effect
 9    accordingly. Upon the return of any resolution, by-law, rule,
10    rate  or  regulation  by  the chairman, the vote by which the
11    same was  passed  shall  be  reconsidered  by  the  Board  of
12    Directors, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all
13    the  Directors  agree  by  yeas and nays to pass the same, it
14    shall go into effect notwithstanding the  chairman's  refusal
15    to approve thereof.
16        The chairman shall receive a salary of $18,000 per annum,
17    or  as  set  by  the  Compensation Review Board, whichever is
18    greater,  payable  in  monthly  installments,  together  with
19    reimbursement  for  necessary  expenses   incurred   in   the
20    performance of his duties.
21        The chairman shall be eligible for reappointment.
22    (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)

23        (605 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-5)
24        Sec.  5.   Terms;  expenses.   Of the original directors,
25    other  than  the  chairman,  so  appointed  by  the  Governor
26    pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
27    3 shall hold office for 2 years and 3 shall hold office for 4
28    years, from the date of their  appointment  and  until  their
29    respective  successors shall be duly appointed and qualified,
30    but  shall  be  subject  to  removal  by  the  Governor   for
31    incompetency,  neglect  of  duty  or malfeasance.  In case of
32    vacancies in such offices during the recess  of  the  Senate,
33    the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment until the
 
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 1    next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person
 2    to fill such office and  any  person  so  nominated,  who  is
 3    confirmed  by  the  Senate,  shall  hold  office  during  the
 4    remainder  of  the  term  and  until  his  successor shall be
 5    appointed and qualified.  The respective term  of  the  first
 6    directors  appointed  shall  be designated by the Governor at
 7    the time of appointment, but their successors shall  each  be
 8    appointed  for  a  term of four years, except that any person
 9    appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  serve  only  for  the
10    unexpired   term.    Directors   shall   be   eligible    for
11    reappointment.
12        Directors,  including  the  Chairman,  shall  receive  an
13    annual  salary of $28,884 for their service on the Authority,
14    and may be reimbursed for the necessary expenses incurred  in
15    the  performance  of  their  duties.  Beginning July 1, 2004,
16    these salaries may be adjusted  by  the  Compensation  Review
17    Board.
18        In  making  the  initial appointments of the 2 additional
19    directors provided for by this amendatory Act  of  1980,  the
20    respective   terms   of  the  2  additional  directors  first
21    appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time  of
22    appointment  in  such  manner  that  the  term  of  one  such
23    additional  director  shall  expire  at  the same time as the
24    terms of 4 of the other directors and the term of  the  other
25    additional  director  shall  expire  at  the same time as the
26    terms of 3 of the other directors; thereafter the terms shall
27    be 4 years.
28        Each such director, other than ex officio  members  shall
29    receive  an  annual  salary  of  $15,000,  or  as  set by the
30    Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater,  payable  in
31    monthly  installments,  and shall be reimbursed for necessary
32    expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.
33    (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)
 
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 1        (605 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-6)
 2        Sec.   6.   Secretary;   Executive   Director;    quorum.
 3    Immediately  after  such  appointment  and  qualification  as
 4    hereinafter  provided said chairman and directors shall enter
 5    upon their duties.
 6        The directors shall biennially select  a  secretary,  who
 7    may  or  may not be a director, and if not a director fix his
 8    compensation.
 9        The Authority shall have an Executive Director, who shall
10    be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties  of  the
11    Executive Director shall be fixed by the directors.
12        Five Six directors shall constitute a quorum.  No vacancy
13    in  the  said  Board of Directors shall impair the right of a
14    quorum of the  directors  to  exercise  all  the  rights  and
15    perform all the duties of the Authority.
16    (Source: P.A. 81-1363.)

17        Section  705-505.   The Court of Claims Act is amended by
18    changing Sections 1, 2, 4, 7, and 16 as follows:

19        (705 ILCS 505/1) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.1)
20        Sec. 1.  Creation, appointment.   The  Court  of  Claims,
21    hereinafter called the Court, is created.
22        Until  July  1,  2003 or when all of the new judges to be
23    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
24    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
25    whichever occurs later, the  Court  It  shall  consist  of  7
26    judges,  who  are  attorneys  licensed to practice law in the
27    State of Illinois, to be appointed by  the  Governor  by  and
28    with  the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall
29    be appointed chief justice.
30        The term of each appointed judge of the Court who  is  in
31    office  on  June  30,  2003  shall  terminate at the close of
32    business on that date or when all of the  new  judges  to  be
 
                            -280-    LRB093 08500 EFG 16894 a
 1    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
 2    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
 3    whichever occurs later.
 4        Beginning  on  July 1, 2003 or when all of the new judges
 5    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
 6    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
 7    whichever occurs later, the Court shall consist of  5  judges
 8    who  are  attorneys  licensed to practice law in the State of
 9    Illinois, to be appointed by the Governor  by  and  with  the
10    advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  one  of whom shall be
11    appointed chief justice.
12        In case of vacancy in such office during  the  recess  of
13    the  Senate,  the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
14    until the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall  nominate
15    some  person  to  fill  such office.  If the Senate is not in
16    session at the time this Act takes effect, the Governor shall
17    make temporary appointments as in case of vacancy.
18    (Source: P.A. 84-1240.)

19        (705 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.2)
20        Sec. 2.  Terms.  Upon the  expiration  of  the  terms  of
21    office  of  the  incumbent  judges the Governor shall appoint
22    their successors by and with the consent of  the  Senate  for
23    terms  of  2, 4 and 6 years commencing on the third Monday in
24    January of  the  year  1953.  Of  the  2  new  members  first
25    appointed  after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
26    1983, one shall be appointed to an initial  term  ending  the
27    third  Monday in January, 1986, and one shall be appointed to
28    an initial term ending on the third Monday in January, 1988.
29        Of the new judges 2 members  first  appointed  after  the
30    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
31    Assembly 1986, one shall be  appointed  to  an  initial  term
32    ending  on  the third Monday in January, 2005 1989, 2 and one
33    shall be appointed to an initial term  ending  on  the  third
 
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 1    Monday  in  January,  2007,  and  2  shall be appointed to an
 2    initial term ending on the  third  Monday  in  January,  2009
 3    1991.   After the expiration of the terms of the judges first
 4    appointed, each of their  respective  successors  shall  hold
 5    office  for  a term of 6 years and until their successors are
 6    appointed and qualified.
 7    (Source: P.A. 84-1240.)

 8        (705 ILCS 505/4) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.4)
 9        Sec. 4.  Expenses.   A  judge  shall  receive  an  annual
10    salary  of  $39,000  for his or her service on the Court, and
11    shall  be  reimbursed  for  reasonable  expenses  necessarily
12    incurred in the course of that service.   Beginning  July  1,
13    2004,  these  salaries  may  be  adjusted by the Compensation
14    Review Board.  Each judge shall receive an annual salary  of:
15    $20,900  from  the third Monday in January, 1979 to the third
16    Monday in January, 1980; $22,100 from  the  third  Monday  in
17    January,  1980  to the third Monday in January, 1981; $23,400
18    from the third Monday in January, 1981 to the third Monday in
19    January, 1982, and $25,000  thereafter,  or  as  set  by  the
20    Compensation  Review  Board, whichever is greater, payable in
21    equal monthly installments.
22    (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)

23        (705 ILCS 505/7) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.7)
24        Sec.  7.  Record;  clerk;   proceedings;   administrator;
25    chambers.
26        (a)  The  court  shall  record  its acts and proceedings.
27    The Secretary of State, ex officio, shall  be  clerk  of  the
28    court,  but  may appoint a deputy, who shall be an officer of
29    the court, to act in his stead. The deputy shall take an oath
30    to discharge his duties faithfully and shall  be  subject  to
31    the direction of the court in the performance thereof.
32        (b)  The  Court  shall  have  a  Court Administrator, who
 
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 1    shall be appointed by the Governor.  The salary and duties of
 2    the Court Administrator shall be fixed by the Court.
 3        (c)  The Secretary of State shall provide the court  with
 4    suitable  court  rooms,  chambers, office space, and computer
 5    services as are necessary and proper for the  transaction  of
 6    its business.
 7    (Source: P.A. 83-865.)

 8        (705 ILCS 505/16) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.16)
 9        Sec. 16.  Concurrence of judges.
10        If there is no vacancy on the Court, the concurrence of 4
11    judges  of  the Court is necessary to the decision of a case;
12    otherwise, the concurrence of a majority of the  judges  then
13    serving  on  the  Court  is  necessary to the decision of any
14    case; provided, however, that the court in its discretion may
15    assign any case to  a  commissioner  for  hearing  and  final
16    decision,  subject  to  whatever right of review the court by
17    rule may choose to exercise.  In matters involving the  award
18    of  emergency funds under the Crime Victims Compensation Act,
19    the decision of one judge is  necessary  to  award  emergency
20    funds.
21        No  vacancy  on  the  Court shall impair the right of the
22    remaining judges to exercise all of the powers of the  Court.
23    Every  action  approved  by  a  majority  of  the judges then
24    serving on the Court shall be deemed to be the action of  the
25    Court.
26    (Source: P.A. 92-286, eff. 1-1-02.)

27        Section  730-5.   The  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  is
28    amended by changing Section 3-3-1 as follows:

29        (730 ILCS 5/3-3-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-1)
30        Sec.  3-3-1.   Establishment  and Appointment of Prisoner
31    Review Board.
 
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 1        (a)  There shall be a Prisoner Review  Board  independent
 2    of the Department of Corrections which shall be:
 3             (1)  the  paroling  authority  for persons sentenced
 4        under the law in effect  prior to the effective  date  of
 5        this amendatory Act of 1977;
 6             (2)  the  board  of  review  for cases involving the
 7        revocation of good conduct credits  or  a  suspension  or
 8        reduction in the rate of accumulating such credit;
 9             (3)  the  board of review and recommendation for the
10        exercise of executive clemency by the Governor;
11             (4)  the authority for  establishing  release  dates
12        for   certain   prisoners  sentenced  under  the  law  in
13        existence prior to the effective date of this  amendatory
14        Act  of  1977, in accordance with Section 3-3-2.1 of this
15        Code;
16             (5)  the authority for setting conditions for parole
17        and mandatory supervised release under  Section  5-8-1(a)
18        of  this  Code,  and  determining  whether a violation of
19        those  conditions  warrant  revocation   of   parole   or
20        mandatory  supervised  release or the imposition of other
21        sanctions.
22        (b)  The Board shall consist of 15 persons  appointed  by
23    the  Governor  by  and  with  the  advice  and consent of the
24    Senate.  One member of the Board shall be designated  by  the
25    Governor  to  be  Chairman and shall serve as Chairman at the
26    pleasure of the Governor.  The members  of  the  Board  shall
27    have  had at least 5 years of actual experience in the fields
28    of penology, corrections work,  law  enforcement,  sociology,
29    law,  education,  social  work,  medicine,  psychology, other
30    behavioral sciences, or a combination thereof.   At  least  6
31    members   so  appointed  must  have  had  at  least  3  years
32    experience in the field of juvenile matters.  No more than  8
33    Board members may be members of the same political party.
34        Each  member of the Board shall serve on a full-time full
 
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 1    time basis and shall  not  hold  any  other  salaried  public
 2    office,  whether elective or appointive, nor any other office
 3    or position of profit, nor  engage  in  any  other  business,
 4    employment,  or  vocation.   The  Chairman of the Board shall
 5    receive $35,000 a year, or an amount set by the  Compensation
 6    Review  Board,  whichever  is  greater, and each other member
 7    $30,000, or an amount set by the Compensation  Review  Board,
 8    whichever is greater.
 9        (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
10    the term of each member of the Board who was appointed by the
11    Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
12    the  close  of  business  on  that  date  or  when all of the
13    successor members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory
14    Act of the 93rd General Assembly have been appointed  by  the
15    Governor,  whichever  occurs later.  As soon as possible, the
16    Governor shall appoint persons to fill the vacancies  created
17    by this amendatory Act.
18        The  terms  of the present members of the Prisoner Review
19    Board shall expire on the effective date of  this  amendatory
20    Act  of  1985,  but  the  incumbent members shall continue to
21    exercise all of the powers and be subject to all  the  duties
22    of members of the Board until their respective successors are
23    appointed and qualified.
24        Of  the  initial  members appointed under this amendatory
25    Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Governor shall  appoint
26    5  members 3 members to the Prisoner Review Board whose terms
27    shall expire on the third Monday in January 2005, 5  1987,  4
28    members  whose  terms  shall  expire  on  the third Monday in
29    January 2007, and 5 1989, and 3  members  whose  terms  shall
30    expire  on  the third Monday in January 2009. 1991.  The term
31    of one of the members created by this amendatory Act of  1986
32    shall expire on the third Monday in January 1989 and the term
33    of  the  other  shall  expire  on the third Monday in January
34    1991.   The  initial  terms  of  the  3  additional   members
 
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 1    appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 91st General
 2    Assembly  shall  expire  on the third Monday in January 2006.
 3    Their respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6
 4    years from the  third  Monday  in  January  of  the  year  of
 5    appointment.   Each member shall serve until his successor is
 6    appointed and qualified.
 7        Any  member  may  be  removed   by   the   Governor   for
 8    incompetence,  neglect  of  duty, malfeasance or inability to
 9    serve.
10        (d)  The  Chairman  of  the  Board  shall  be  its  chief
11    executive and administrative officer.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 91-946, eff. 2-9-01.)

13        Section 775-5.  The Illinois Human Rights Act is  amended
14    by changing Section 8-101 as follows:

15        (775 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 8-101)
16        Sec. 8-101.  Illinois Human Rights Commission.)
17        (A)  Creation; Appointments.  The Human Rights Commission
18    is created.
19        Until  July  1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
20    initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd
21    General   Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the  Governor,
22    whichever occurs later, the Human Rights Commission shall  to
23    consist  of  13  members  appointed  by the Governor with the
24    advice and consent of the Senate.  No  more  than  7  members
25    shall be of the same political party.
26        The  term  of each appointed member of the Commission who
27    is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
28    business on that date or when all of the new  members  to  be
29    initially  appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd
30    General  Assembly  have  been  appointed  by  the   Governor,
31    whichever occurs later.
32        Beginning  on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members
 
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 1    to be initially appointed under this amendatory  Act  of  the
 2    93rd  General  Assembly  have been appointed by the Governor,
 3    whichever occurs later, the  Human  Rights  Commission  shall
 4    consist  of  9  members  appointed  by  the Governor with the
 5    advice and consent of the Senate.  No  more  than  5  members
 6    shall be of the same political party.
 7        The  Governor  shall designate one member as chairperson.
 8    All appointments shall be  in  writing  and  filed  with  the
 9    Secretary of State as a public record.
10        (B)  Terms.   Of  the members first appointed pursuant to
11    this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, 4 shall  be
12    appointed  for  a  term  to  expire  on  the  third Monday of
13    January, 2005 1981, and 5 (including the  Chairperson)  shall
14    be  appointed  for  a  term  to expire on the third Monday of
15    January, 2007 1983.
16        Notwithstanding any provision  of  this  Section  to  the
17    contrary,  the  term of office of each member of the Illinois
18    Human Rights Commission is abolished on July  29,  1985,  but
19    the  incumbent  members shall continue to exercise all of the
20    powers and be subject to all of the duties of members of  the
21    Commission  until  their  respective successors are appointed
22    and qualified.  Subject to the provisions of subsection  (A),
23    of the 9 members appointed under Public Act 84-115, effective
24    July  29,  1985,  5  members  shall be appointed for terms to
25    expire on the third Monday of January, 1987,  and  4  members
26    shall be appointed for terms to expire on the third Monday of
27    January,  1989;  and  of  the  4 additional members appointed
28    under Public Act 84-1084, effective  December  2,  1985,  two
29    shall  be  appointed for a term to expire on the third Monday
30    of January, 1987, and two members shall be  appointed  for  a
31    term to expire on the third Monday of January, 1989.
32        Thereafter, each member shall serve for a term of 4 years
33    and  until  his  or her successor is appointed and qualified;
34    except that any member chosen to  fill  a  vacancy  occurring
 
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 1    otherwise  than  by  expiration  of a term shall be appointed
 2    only for the unexpired term of the  member  whom  he  or  she
 3    shall succeed and until his or her successor is appointed and
 4    qualified.
 5        (C)  Vacancies.
 6        (1)  In  the case of vacancies on the Commission during a
 7    recess of the Senate, the Governor  shall  make  a  temporary
 8    appointment  until  the next meeting of the Senate when he or
 9    she shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.   Any  person
10    so  nominated  and  confirmed by the Senate shall hold office
11    for the remainder of the term and until his or her  successor
12    is appointed and qualified.
13        (2)  If the Senate is not in session at the time this Act
14    takes  effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments
15    to the Commission as in the case of vacancies.
16        (3)  Vacancies in the Commission  shall  not  impair  the
17    right  of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of
18    the Commission.   Except  when  authorized  by  this  Act  to
19    proceed  through  a 3 member panel, a majority of the members
20    of the Commission then in office shall constitute a quorum.
21        (D)  Compensation.  The  Chairperson  of  the  Commission
22    shall  be  compensated at the rate of $22,500 per year, or as
23    set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever  is  greater,
24    during  his  or  her  service  as Chairperson, and each other
25    member shall be compensated at the rate of $20,000 per  year,
26    or  as  set  by  the  Compensation Review Board, whichever is
27    greater.  In addition, all  Members of the  Commission  shall
28    receive  an  annual  salary  of $39,000 for their service and
29    shall be reimbursed for  expenses  actually  and  necessarily
30    incurred   by  them  in  the  performance  of  their  duties.
31    Beginning July 1, 2004, these salaries may be adjusted by the
32    Compensation Review Board.
33    (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
 
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 1        Section  820-305.   The  Workers'  Compensation  Act   is
 2    amended by changing Section 13 as follows:

 3        (820 ILCS 305/13) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.13)
 4        Sec.  13.   There  is  created  an  Industrial Commission
 5    consisting of 7 members to be appointed by the  Governor,  by
 6    and  with  the  consent  of  the  Senate,  2 of whom shall be
 7    representative citizens  of  the  employing  class  operating
 8    under this Act and 2 of whom shall be representative citizens
 9    of  the  class  of employees covered under this Act, and 3 of
10    whom shall be representative  citizens  not  identified  with
11    either  the  employing  or employee classes.  Not more than 4
12    members of the Commission shall  be  of  the  same  political
13    party.
14        One  of  the  3  members  not  identified with either the
15    employing or employee classes  shall  be  designated  by  the
16    Governor  as  Chairman.   The  Chairman  shall  be  the chief
17    administrative and executive officer of the  Commission;  and
18    he  or  she shall have general supervisory authority over all
19    personnel  of  the  Commission,  including  arbitrators   and
20    Commissioners,  and the final authority in all administrative
21    matters relating to  the  Commissioners,  including  but  not
22    limited  to  the  assignment  and  distribution  of cases and
23    assignment of Commissioners to  the  panels,  except  in  the
24    promulgation  of procedural rules and orders under Section 16
25    and in the determination of cases under this Act.
26        Notwithstanding the general supervisory authority of  the
27    Chairman,  each  Commissioner,  except  those assigned to the
28    temporary  panel,  shall  have  the  authority  to  hire  and
29    supervise 2 staff attorneys each.  Such staff attorneys shall
30    report directly to the individual Commissioner.
31        A   formal   training   program    for    newly-appointed
32    Commissioners  shall  be  implemented.   The training program
33    shall include the following:
 
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 1             (a)  substantive  and  procedural  aspects  of   the
 2        office of Commissioner;
 3             (b)  current issues in workers' compensation law and
 4        practice;
 5             (c)  medical  lectures  by specialists in areas such
 6        as orthopedics, ophthalmology, psychiatry, rehabilitation
 7        counseling;
 8             (d)  orientation to each  operational  unit  of  the
 9        Industrial Commission;
10             (e)  observation   of  experienced  arbitrators  and
11        Commissioners conducting hearings of cases, combined with
12        the opportunity to discuss evidence presented and rulings
13        made;
14             (f)  the use of  hypothetical  cases  requiring  the
15        newly-appointed  Commissioner  to  issue  judgments  as a
16        means to evaluating knowledge and writing ability;
17             (g)  writing skills.
18        A formal and  ongoing  professional  development  program
19    including, but not limited to, the above-noted areas shall be
20    implemented   to   keep   Commissioners  informed  of  recent
21    developments and issues and to assist them in maintaining and
22    enhancing their professional competence.
23        The Commissioner candidates,  other  than  the  Chairman,
24    must  meet one of the following qualifications:  (a) licensed
25    to practice law in the State of Illinois; or (b) served as an
26    arbitrator at the Illinois Industrial Commission for at least
27    3 years; or (c) has at least 4 years  of  professional  labor
28    relations  experience.   The  Chairman  candidate  must  have
29    public or private sector management and budget experience, as
30    determined by the Governor.
31        Each  Commissioner  shall  devote full time to his duties
32    and any Commissioner who  is  an  attorney-at-law  shall  not
33    engage  in  the  practice  of law, nor shall any Commissioner
34    hold any other office or position of profit under the  United
 
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 1    States   or  this  State  or  any  municipal  corporation  or
 2    political subdivision of this State, nor engage in any  other
 3    business, employment, or vocation.
 4        The  term  of  office  of  each  member of the Commission
 5    holding office on the effective date of this  amendatory  Act
 6    of  1989  is  abolished, but the incumbents shall continue to
 7    exercise all of the powers and  be  subject  to  all  of  the
 8    duties of Commissioners until their respective successors are
 9    appointed and qualified.
10        The Industrial Commission shall administer this Act.
11        The  members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the
12    advice and consent of the Senate, as follows:
13             (a)  After the effective date of this amendatory Act
14        of 1989, 3 members, at least one of each political party,
15        and one of whom shall be a representative citizen of  the
16        employing  class  operating  under  this Act, one of whom
17        shall  be  a  representative  citizen  of  the  class  of
18        employees covered under this Act, and one of  whom  shall
19        be  a  representative  citizen not identified with either
20        the employing or employee classes, shall be appointed  to
21        hold  office  until  the third Monday in January of 1993,
22        and until their successors are appointed  and  qualified,
23        and  4  members,  one  of  whom shall be a representative
24        citizen of the employing class operating under this  Act,
25        one  of  whom  shall  be  a representative citizen of the
26        class of employees covered in this Act, and two  of  whom
27        shall  be  representative  citizens  not  identified with
28        either the employing or employee  classes,  one  of  whom
29        shall be designated by the Governor as Chairman (at least
30        one  of each of the two major political parties) shall be
31        appointed to  hold  office  until  the  third  Monday  of
32        January in 1991, and until their successors are appointed
33        and qualified.
34             (a-5)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this
 
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 1        Section, the term of each member of  the  Commission  who
 2        was  appointed  by  the Governor and is in office on June
 3        30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of business on that
 4        date or when all of the successor members to be appointed
 5        pursuant to this  amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General
 6        Assembly  have  been appointed by the Governor, whichever
 7        occurs later.  As soon as possible,  the  Governor  shall
 8        appoint  persons  to  fill  the vacancies created by this
 9        amendatory Act.  Of the initial  commissioners  appointed
10        pursuant  to  this  amendatory  Act  of  the 93rd General
11        Assembly, 3 shall be appointed for terms  ending  on  the
12        third  Monday  in January, 2005, and 4 shall be appointed
13        for terms ending on the third Monday in January, 2007.
14             (b)  Members shall thereafter be appointed  to  hold
15        office  for  terms  of  4  years from the third Monday in
16        January of the year of their appointment, and until their
17        successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.    All   such
18        appointments shall be made so that the composition of the
19        Commission  is  in  accordance with the provisions of the
20        first paragraph of this Section.
21        The Chairman shall receive an annual salary  of  $42,500,
22    or  a  salary set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever
23    is greater, and each other member  shall  receive  an  annual
24    salary of $38,000, or a salary set by the Compensation Review
25    Board, whichever is greater.
26        In  case  of  a  vacancy  in the office of a Commissioner
27    during the recess of the Senate, the Governor  shall  make  a
28    temporary  appointment  until the next meeting of the Senate,
29    when he shall nominate some person to fill such office.   Any
30    person so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold
31    office  during  the  remainder  of  the  term  and  until his
32    successor is appointed and qualified.
33        The Industrial Commission created by this amendatory  Act
34    of  1989  shall  succeed  to  all the rights, powers, duties,
 
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 1    obligations, records and other property and employees of  the
 2    Industrial  Commission  which it replaces as modified by this
 3    amendatory Act of 1989 and all applications  and  reports  to
 4    actions  and  proceedings of such prior Industrial Commission
 5    shall be considered as applications and  reports  to  actions
 6    and  proceedings of the Industrial Commission created by this
 7    amendatory Act of 1989.
 8        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,  in  the
 9    event  the  Chairman shall make a finding that a member is or
10    will be unavailable to fulfill the responsibilities of his or
11    her office, the Chairman shall advise the  Governor  and  the
12    member  in writing and shall designate a certified arbitrator
13    to serve as acting Commissioner.   The  certified  arbitrator
14    shall  act  as  a  Commissioner  until the member resumes the
15    duties of his  or  her  office  or  until  a  new  member  is
16    appointed  by  the  Governor,  by and with the consent of the
17    Senate,  if  a  vacancy  occurs  in   the   office   of   the
18    Commissioner,  but  in  no event shall a certified arbitrator
19    serve in the capacity of Commissioner for more than 6  months
20    from  the  date of appointment by the Chairman.  A finding by
21    the Chairman that a member  is  or  will  be  unavailable  to
22    fulfill  the  responsibilities  of his or her office shall be
23    based upon notice to the Chairman by a member that he or  she
24    will  be unavailable or facts and circumstances made known to
25    the Chairman which lead him to reasonably find that a  member
26    is  unavailable to fulfill the responsibilities of his or her
27    office.  The designation of a certified arbitrator to act  as
28    a Commissioner shall be considered representative of citizens
29    not  identified with either the employing or employee classes
30    and the arbitrator shall  serve  regardless  of  his  or  her
31    political  affiliation.  A certified arbitrator who serves as
32    an acting Commissioner shall have all the rights  and  powers
33    of a Commissioner, including salary.
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 1    Governor shall  appoint  a  special  panel  of  Commissioners
 2    comprised  of  3 members who shall be chosen by the Governor,
 3    by and with the consent of the Senate, from among the current
 4    ranks of certified arbitrators.   Three  members  shall  hold
 5    office until the Commission in consultation with the Governor
 6    determines  that  the  caseload  on  review  has been reduced
 7    sufficiently to allow cases to proceed in a timely manner  or
 8    for  a  term  of  18  months from the effective date of their
 9    appointment by the Governor, whichever shall be earlier.  The
10    3 members shall be considered representative of citizens  not
11    identified  with either the employing or employee classes and
12    shall serve regardless of political affiliation.  Each of the
13    3 members shall  have  only  such  rights  and  powers  of  a
14    Commissioner  necessary to dispose of those cases assigned to
15    the special panel.  Each of the 3 members  appointed  to  the
16    special   panel  shall  receive  the  same  salary  as  other
17    Commissioners for the duration of the panel.
18        The Commission may have an Executive Director, who  shall
19    be  appointed  by the Governor.  The salary and duties of the
20    Executive Director shall be fixed by the Commission.
21    (Source: P.A. 86-998; 86-1405.)

22        Section 999-85.  Severability.  The  provisions  of  this
23    Act  are  severable  under  Section  1.31  of  the Statute on
24    Statutes.

25        Section 999-95.  No acceleration or  delay.   Where  this
26    Act  makes  changes  in a statute that is represented in this
27    Act by text that is not yet  or  no  longer  in  effect  (for
28    example, a Section represented by multiple versions), the use
29    of  that  text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect
30    of (i) the changes  made  by  this  Act  or  (ii)  provisions
31    derived from any other Public Act.
 
                            -294-    LRB093 08500 EFG 16894 a
 1        Section  999-99.  Effective  date.  This Act takes effect
 2    upon becoming law.".