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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 10 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (15 ILCS 50/10) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership; | ||||||
| 8 | meeting notices. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet | ||||||
| 10 | a centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the | ||||||
| 11 | public, of information relating to appointed positions on the | ||||||
| 12 | State's boards and commissions. | ||||||
| 13 | The database shall include, at a minimum: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and | ||||||
| 15 | responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the | ||||||
| 16 | State's boards and commissions. | ||||||
| 17 | (2) The name and term of each current appointed member | ||||||
| 18 | of a board or commission. | ||||||
| 19 | (3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of | ||||||
| 20 | each of the State's boards and commissions. | ||||||
| 21 | (4) Information as to how a person may apply for | ||||||
| 22 | appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform | ||||||
| 23 | application that may be downloaded and printed or that may | ||||||
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| 1 | be submitted electronically. Such application shall | ||||||
| 2 | include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his | ||||||
| 3 | or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for | ||||||
| 4 | reporting purposes. | ||||||
| 5 | (5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's | ||||||
| 6 | website that allows the public to search Statements of | ||||||
| 7 | Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.
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| 8 | (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of | ||||||
| 9 | this Section, the Office shall establish and maintain on the | ||||||
| 10 | Internet: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) a centralized location for an electronic mail | ||||||
| 12 | listserv for subscribers to receive notices of the meetings | ||||||
| 13 | of each board and commission and the meeting's agenda; and | ||||||
| 14 | (2) a listing of the meeting times and agendas for each | ||||||
| 15 | board and commission. | ||||||
| 16 | The Office shall send and post meeting notices and agendas | ||||||
| 17 | pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) at least 48 hours before | ||||||
| 18 | each meeting. For the purposes of this subsection (b), | ||||||
| 19 | "electronic mail listserv" means an automatic mailing list | ||||||
| 20 | server used to manage electronic mail transmissions to a list | ||||||
| 21 | of subscribers. | ||||||
| 22 | (Source: P.A. 98-1087, eff. 1-1-15.)
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