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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois Small Business and Workforce Development Task Force | ||||||
| 6 | Act. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 5. Illinois Small Business and Workforce | ||||||
| 8 | Development Task Force. The Illinois Small Business and | ||||||
| 9 | Workforce Development Task Force is created as a 17-member Task | ||||||
| 10 | Force. Four members of the Task Force shall be appointed by | ||||||
| 11 | each legislative leader. One of the appointees by each | ||||||
| 12 | legislative leader shall be a person representing small | ||||||
| 13 | business, one of the appointees shall be a person representing | ||||||
| 14 | labor, and 2 of the appointees shall be members of the General | ||||||
| 15 | Assembly. Members of the Task Force shall receive no | ||||||
| 16 | compensation, but may be reimbursed for their expenses from | ||||||
| 17 | appropriations available for that purpose. The Chairperson of | ||||||
| 18 | the University of Illinois Board of Trustees or his or her | ||||||
| 19 | designee shall be the chairperson of the Task Force. The Task | ||||||
| 20 | Force shall meet at the call of the Chair. Each Task Force | ||||||
| 21 | member shall have a 2-year term. A legislative leader may | ||||||
| 22 | appoint a replacement member upon the death, disability, or | ||||||
| 23 | resignation of any member appointed by that leader. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 10. Administrative support. The University of | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois shall provide administrative support to the Task | ||||||
| 3 | Force. | ||||||
| 4 | Section 15. Task Force duties. The Task Force shall | ||||||
| 5 | identify issues of importance to small business that may be | ||||||
| 6 | addressed by the 98th General Assembly and future General | ||||||
| 7 | Assemblies. The Task Force shall make recommendations | ||||||
| 8 | regarding the issues identified. The issues and | ||||||
| 9 | recommendations shall address access to capital, State | ||||||
| 10 | procurement policies, State regulatory policies, program | ||||||
| 11 | sustainability, and workforce concerns.
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| 12 | Section 20. Findings and recommendations. By November 30, | ||||||
| 13 | 2013, and by November 30 of every year thereafter, the Task | ||||||
| 14 | Force shall submit a report to the General Assembly setting | ||||||
| 15 | forth its findings and recommendations. The requirement for | ||||||
| 16 | reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing | ||||||
| 17 | copies of the report with the Speaker, Minority Leader, and | ||||||
| 18 | Clerk of the House of Representatives, the President, Minority | ||||||
| 19 | Leader, and Secretary of the Senate, and the Legislative | ||||||
| 20 | Research Unit as required under Section 3.1 of the General | ||||||
| 21 | Assembly Organization Act.
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| 22 | Section 97. Repeal. This Act is repealed January 1, 2017.
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 2 | becoming law. | ||||||