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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Provides that if a board or commission has not met at least once during a period of 2 consecutive years, then the board or commission is dissolved immediately after that 2-year period. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Provides that each statutorily created board or commission shall report to the Secretary of State on that board's or commission's last meeting prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act, and the report shall include the date, time, and location of the meeting. Provides that the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Governor, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, listing all statutorily created boards and commissions that have not met in the 2 years immediately preceding the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that if a board or commission has not met at least once during the 2 years prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act and is reported as inactive by the Secretary of State, then the board or commission is dissolved. Provides that the Governor may prevent the dissolution of any board or commission by filing a written statement with the Secretary of State and the Senate that authorizes the continued existence of the board or commission and provides a rationale for the continued existence of the board or commission. Provides that the Legislative Reference Bureau shall prepare for introduction a revisory bill effecting such changes in the statutes as may be necessary to conform the statutes to the changes in law made by the dissolution of any boards and commissions. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1, but makes changes. Provides that, within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act (instead of, within 30 days after receiving the reports from the boards and commissions), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Governor, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, listing all statutorily created boards and commissions that have not met in the 2 years immediately preceding the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that, within 14 days after the 30-day period in which each board or commission must report to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall provide, to each board or commission that has not met in the 2 years immediately preceding the effective date of the amendatory Act or that does not make the required report to the Secretary of State, written notice of the board's or commission's right to request that the Governor prevent the dissolution of the board or commission by filing a written statement. Provides that, within 75 days (instead of, within 60 days) after the Governor's receipt of the report submitted by the Secretary of State, the Governor may prevent the dissolution of any inactive board or commission by filing a written statement with the Secretary of State and the Senate that authorizes the continued existence of the board or commission and provides a rationale for why the board or commission needs to exist. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 3, but makes changes. Provides that, within 10 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Governor shall make reasonable efforts to notify each statutorily created board or commission of the reporting requirement imposed upon the board or commission and the right of the board or commission to request that the Governor prevent the dissolution of the board or commission. Provides that, within 60 days after the 30-day period in which each board or commission must report to the Secretary of State (instead of within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Governor, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, listing all statutorily created boards and commissions that have not met in the 2 years immediately preceding the effective date of the amendatory Act. Removes a provision requiring the Secretary of State to provide written notice to a board or commission of the board's or commission's right to request that the Governor prevent the dissolution of the board or commission by filing a written statement. Provides that each board or commission may request that the Governor prevent its dissolution. Makes technical corrections. Effective immediately.
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Adds 2 ex officio members to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Provides for the transfer of certain violence prevention responsibilities from the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Creates the ICJIA Violence Prevention Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Repeals the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995. Provides for the transfer of personnel and property of the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority to the Violence Prevention Bureau. Transfers moneys from the Violence Prevention Fund to the ICJIA Violence Prevention Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the School Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately, except portions of the amendatory Act that abolish the Violence Prevention Fund take effect on June 30, 2012.
Provides that the ICJIA Violence Prevention Fund is a continuation of the Violence Prevention Fund, rather than a new fund. Deletes from the bill provisions that amended the School Code to remove cross-references to the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995.
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