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| 1 | AN ACT concerning violence prevention.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Violence Prevention Task Force Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Violence Prevention Task Force; members. | ||||||
| 7 | (a) There is created the Violence Prevention Task Force | ||||||
| 8 | (hereinafter referred to as the Task Force) consisting of 6 | ||||||
| 9 | members appointed as follows: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the | ||||||
| 11 | President of the Senate; | ||||||
| 12 | (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the | ||||||
| 13 | Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
| 14 | (3) one member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 15 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 16 | Representatives; | ||||||
| 17 | (4) one member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 18 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 19 | Representatives; and | ||||||
| 20 | (5) 2 members appointed by the Governor one of whom | ||||||
| 21 | shall be designated the chairperson by the Governor. | ||||||
| 22 | (b) The members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 23 | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | ||||||
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| 1 | necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose. | ||||||
| 2 | (c) The Task Force may employ skilled experts with the | ||||||
| 3 | approval of the chairperson, and shall receive the cooperation | ||||||
| 4 | of those State agencies it deems appropriate to assist the Task | ||||||
| 5 | Force in carrying out its duties. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) The Illinois African American Family Commission, the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Latino | ||||||
| 8 | Family Commission shall provide administrative and other | ||||||
| 9 | support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 10 | Section 10. Violence Prevention Task Force; duties. The | ||||||
| 11 | Task Force shall have the following duties: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) to increase awareness of resources, jobs, and | ||||||
| 13 | opportunities to prevent violence in this State; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) to assist violence prevention groups, religious | ||||||
| 15 | institutions, social lodges, community groups, block clubs, | ||||||
| 16 | and other groups in providing safe havens for children, youth, | ||||||
| 17 | young adults, and seniors; | ||||||
| 18 | (3) to create, develop, and implement recreational, | ||||||
| 19 | social, and educational initiatives for at-risk youth; | ||||||
| 20 | (4) to organize community mental health providers in | ||||||
| 21 | at-risk communities; | ||||||
| 22 | (5) to provide State resources to public schools to assist | ||||||
| 23 | with behavioral health; and | ||||||
| 24 | (6) to assist in providing jobs, resources, and | ||||||
| 25 | opportunities for at-risk youth so as to prevent them from | ||||||
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| 1 | committing crimes.
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| 2 | Section 15. Report to the Governor and General Assembly. | ||||||
| 3 | The Task Force shall report to the Governor and the General | ||||||
| 4 | Assembly, by December 1 of each year, its activities for the | ||||||
| 5 | previous year. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law.
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