SB0100enr 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0100 Enrolled LRB100 04974 RJF 14984 b

AN ACT concerning government.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Complete Count Commission Act.

Section 5. Commission; members; meetings.

(a) The Illinois Complete Count Commission is created, which shall consist of the following members:

(1) the President of the Senate or his or her designee;

(2) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee;

(3) the Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her designee;

(4) the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives or his or her designee;

(5) the Mayor of Chicago or his or her designee;

(6) the Governor or his or her designee;

(7) the Secretary of State or his or her designee;

(8) the President of the Cook County Board or his or her designee;

(9) three individuals representing units of local government outside of the City of Chicago, reflecting the geographic diversity of the State, appointed by the Secretary of State;

(10) four individuals representing units of local government outside of the City of Chicago, reflecting the geographic diversity of the State, appointed by the Governor;

(11) one representative each from four different organizations representing the interests of minorities in the State appointed by the Secretary of State; and

(12) one representative each from three different organizations representing the interests of business in the State, including one organization representing minority business interests appointed by the Governor.

(b) Members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing official and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.

(c) The Secretary of State shall serve as chairperson of the Commission. The Commission shall meet at the call of the chair or upon request of any 10 members of the Commission.

Section 10. Expenses; Director; Assistant Director.

(a) Members of the Commission shall receive no compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the course of their service to the Commission out of any moneys available for that purpose.

(b) The Commission may employ a Director and Assistant Director upon a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the Commission. The Director and Assistant Director may be compensated from moneys appropriated or available for that purpose.

Section 15. Duties.

(a) The Commission shall develop, recommend, and assist in the administration of a census outreach strategy to encourage full participation in the 2020 federal decennial census of population required by Section 141 of Title 13 of the United States Code.

(b) The census outreach strategy shall include, but not be limited to, State agency initiatives to encourage participation in the 2020 Census, the establishment and support of school-based outreach programs, partnerships with non-profit community-based organizations, and a multi-lingual, multi-media campaign designed to ensure an accurate and complete count of Illinois' population.

(c) To assist in carrying out its duties, the Commission may create and appoint subcommittees as it deems appropriate and shall solicit participation from relevant experts and practitioners involved in census issues.

Section 20. Coordination; support.

(a) The Illinois Complete Count Commission outreach strategy shall be coordinated through the Office of the Secretary of State which shall provide administrative support to the Commission and coordinate with all State agencies and constitutional officers, as well as units of local government, to identify effective methods of outreach to Illinoisans and to provide resources to ensure the outreach program is successful and that all Illinoisans are counted.

(b) All State agencies shall inform the Office of the Secretary of State of their designated census coordinator and cooperate with the Commission and provide support to the Commission. For the purposes of this Section, "State agencies" means any executive agency or department directly responsible to the Governor. Other entities of State government, including other constitutional officers, the offices of the legislative and judicial branches, and units of local government shall cooperate and provide all reasonable assistance to the Commission.

Section 25. Reports.

The Commission shall submit an interim report to the General Assembly by November 30, 2018, containing its recommended outreach strategy to encourage full participation and to avoid an undercount in the 2020 Census; thereafter, the Commission shall submit its final report to the General Assembly no later than June 30, 2019, specifying its recommended outreach strategy for implementation for the 2020 Census.

Section 30. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 30, 2021.

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