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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Sunshine Commission Act.
 
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    Section 5. Commission; members; compensation; 
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organization.
 
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    (a) The Sunshine Commission is created.  The Commission 
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shall consist of 4 members of the General Assembly and 4 public 
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members.  The President and Minority Leader of the Senate and 
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the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives 
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shall each appoint one of the legislative members and one of 
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the public members.
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    (b) Each public member shall have professional, private 
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sector experience in the field of banking, finance, or 
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accounting, with at least one public member experienced in each 
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of those fields.
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    A public member, and any of that member's immediate family, 
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may not have a direct financial relationship with the State, 
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including through current employment, a current elected or 
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appointed position, a current contract, or a contract awarded 
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during the 5 years before that member's appointment.   A public 
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member may not have had any public employment or position, 
 


 






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other than elected office, during the 2 years before that 
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member's appointment.
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    (c) Members shall receive no compensation for, and shall 
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not be reimbursed for their expenses incurred with respect to, 
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their membership on the Sunshine Commission.
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    (d) The Commission members shall elect 2 of their number to 
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serve as co-chairs.  The appointing authorities of the co-chairs 
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may not be affiliated with the same political party.
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    The Commission shall meet at the call of the co-chairs and 
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as frequently as necessary to perform its function.


 
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    Section 10. Review of programs.   The Commission shall 
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conduct a thorough review of each State executive branch 
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program with respect to its relevance, efficiency, and 
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effectiveness in obtaining the results required by, or 
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achieving the goals expressed in, the program's enacting 
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legislation.
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    The Auditor General and each State executive branch 
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official, agency, and department shall cooperate with and 
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provide information to the Commission in the Commission's 
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performance of the review.
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    Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act, the 
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Commission shall submit to the General Assembly a written, 
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comprehensive, and detailed report of the Commission's review, 
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including without limitation recommendations as to:
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        (1) Elimination of obsolete or ineffective programs.
 


 






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        (2) Consolidation of duplicative programs.
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        (3) Steps to improve a program's efficiency or 
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    effectiveness.


 
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    Section 15. Action upon report.   Within 60 session days 
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after the Commission's report is filed with the General 
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Assembly, each house must vote upon the same joint resolution 
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to accept the Commission's report.  If the resolution is adopted 
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by a record vote of a majority of the members elected in each 
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house, the recommendations contained in the Commission's 
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report are approved in whole; if the resolution is not so 
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adopted, the recommendations in the Commission's report are 
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rejected in whole.

 
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    Section 20. Repeal.   This Act is repealed 2 years after its 
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effective date.




 

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