97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3024

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. David Reis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Sunshine Commission Act. Provides for the appointment by the legislative leaders of a Sunshine Commission, consisting of 4 legislators and 4 public members, to conduct a thorough review of the relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness of each State executive branch program. Requires the Commission to submit its recommendations to the Governor each month beginning 6 months after the Act's effective date and to submit and post on an Internet website a comprehensive report, including recommendations made to the Governor, within 2 years after the Act's effective date. Requires the General Assembly, by joint resolution, to approve or reject the report within 60 session days after the report is filed. Repeals the Act 3 years after its effective date. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Sunshine Commission Act.
 
6    Section 5. Commission; members; compensation;
7organization.
8    (a) The Sunshine Commission is created. The Commission
9shall consist of 4 members of the General Assembly and 4 public
10members. The President and Minority Leader of the Senate and
11the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
12shall each appoint one of the legislative members and one of
13the public members.
14    (b) Each public member shall have professional, private
15sector experience in the field of banking, finance, or
16accounting, with at least one public member experienced in each
17of those fields.
18    A public member, and any of that member's immediate family,
19may not have a direct financial relationship with the State,
20including through current employment, a current elected or
21appointed position, a current contract, or a contract awarded
22during the 5 years before that member's appointment. A public
23member may not have had any public employment or position,

 

 

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1other than elected office, during the 2 years before that
2member's appointment.
3    (c) Members shall receive no compensation for, and shall
4not be reimbursed for their expenses incurred with respect to,
5their membership on the Sunshine Commission.
6    (d) The Commission members shall elect 2 of their number to
7serve as co-chairs. The appointing authorities of the co-chairs
8may not be affiliated with the same political party.
9    The Commission shall meet at the call of the co-chairs and
10as frequently as necessary to perform its function.
 
11    Section 10. Review of programs. The Commission shall
12conduct a thorough review of each State executive branch
13program with respect to its relevance, efficiency, and
14effectiveness in obtaining the results required by, or
15achieving the goals expressed in, the program's enacting
16legislation.
17    The Auditor General and each State executive branch
18official, agency, and department shall cooperate with and
19provide information to the Commission in the Commission's
20performance of the review.
21    Beginning 6 months after the effective date of this Act,
22the Commission shall submit on a monthly basis recommendations
23to the Governor concerning any one or more of the following:
24        (1) Elimination of obsolete or ineffective programs.
25        (2) Consolidation of duplicative programs.

 

 

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1        (3) Steps to improve a program's efficiency or
2    effectiveness.
3    Within 2 years after the effective date of this Act, the
4Commission shall submit to the General Assembly and post on an
5Internet website maintained by the State of Illinois a written,
6comprehensive, and detailed report of the Commission's review,
7including without limitation the recommendations that it has
8made to the Governor.
 
9    Section 15. Action upon report. Within 60 session days
10after the Commission's report is filed with the General
11Assembly, each house must vote upon the same joint resolution
12to accept the Commission's report. If the resolution is adopted
13by a record vote of a majority of the members elected in each
14house, the recommendations contained in the Commission's
15report are approved in whole; if the resolution is not so
16adopted, the recommendations in the Commission's report are
17rejected in whole.
 
18    Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed 3 years after its
19effective date.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.