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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
522-77 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/22-77 new)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)
8    Sec. 22-77. Young Adults Heroin Use Task Force.
9    (a)  There is created the Young Adults Heroin Use Task Force 
10to address the growing problem of heroin use in high schools 
11across this State.  The Task Force shall consist of all of the 
12following members:
13        (1)  Four members of the House of Representatives, 
14    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
15        (2)  Three members of the House of Representatives, 
16    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
17    Representatives.
18    Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation 
19but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary 
20expenses from funds appropriated to the State Board of 
21Education for that purpose.  The members of the Task Force shall 
22be reimbursed for their travel expenses from appropriations to 
23the State Board of Education available for that purpose and 
 
 
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1subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board.
2    (b)  The State Board of Education shall provide 
3administrative and other support to the Task Force.
4    (c)  The Task Force shall conduct a study on the heroin use 
5problem in high schools and suggest programs for high schools 
6to use to address the problem, which programs may involve local 
7law enforcement agencies.
8    (d)  On or before June 30, 2014, the Task Force shall report 
9its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly, by 
10filing copies of its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the 
11General Assembly Organization Act, and to the Governor.
12    (e)  The Task Force is abolished and this Section is 
13repealed on July 1, 2014.
 
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.