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093_SB2003ham002
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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2003
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 2003, AS AMENDED,
3 by inserting immediately below the enacting clause the
4 following:
5 "Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Boards and Commissions Act.
7 Section 1-5. Prohibition; appearance before, employment,
8 and contracts.
9 (a) Chairpersons and members of State boards and
10 commissions that are appointed by the Governor are expressly
11 prohibited for a period of one year after the termination of
12 their service on a board or commission (i) from appearing
13 before the board or commission of which they were a
14 chairperson or member, (ii) from appearing before any board
15 or commission with the same or substantially similar public
16 duties as the board or commission of which they were a
17 chairperson or member, and (iii) serving as an employee of or
18 contracting with a board or commission of which they were a
19 chairperson or member or with a board or commission with the
20 same or substantially similar public duties.
21 (b) "Appearing before" includes, but is not limited to,
22 (i) offering testimony to the board or commission or (ii)
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1 advising or representing a person who is offering testimony
2 to the board or commission with respect to the subject matter
3 of that testimony.
4 Section 1-10. Prohibition; service on other boards or
5 commissions. A chairperson or member of any State board or
6 commission shall not serve as a chairperson or member of any
7 other State board or commission for which service on that
8 other board or commission is either (i) paid by salary or
9 (ii) compensated by means of a stipend in excess of the
10 expenses of the member of the board or commission.
11 Section 1-15. Appointments. All appointments to State
12 boards and commissions are subject to the provisions of the
13 Gender and Racial Balanced Appointments Act.
14 Section 1-90. The Gender Balanced Appointments Act is
15 amended by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
16 (5 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 4301)
17 Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the
18 Gender and Racial Balanced Appointments Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 87-797.)
20 (5 ILCS 310/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 4302)
21 Sec. 2. All appointments to boards, commissions,
22 committees and councils of the State created by the laws of
23 this State and after the effective date of this Act shall be
24 gender balanced and after the effective date of this
25 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be racially
26 balanced to the extent possible and to the extent that
27 appointees are qualified to serve on those boards,
28 commissions, committees and councils. If gender or racial
29 balance is not possible, then appointments shall provide for
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1 significant representation of both sexes and all races to
2 boards, commissions, committees and councils governed by this
3 Act and Section 5-510 of the Departments of State Government
4 Law (20 ILCS 5/5-510). If there are multiple appointing
5 authorities for a board, commission, committee, or council,
6 they shall each strive to achieve gender and racial balance
7 in their appointments.
8 Appointments made in accordance with this Act should be
9 made in a manner that makes a good faith attempt to seek
10 gender and racial balance based on the numbers of each gender
11 and race belonging to the group from which appointments are
12 made.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
14 Section 1-95. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
15 is amended by changing Section 5-510 as follows:
16 (20 ILCS 5/5-510) (was 20 ILCS 5/8.1)
17 Sec. 5-510. Gender and racially balanced appointments.
18 All appointments to boards, commissions, committees, and
19 councils of the State created by the laws of this State and
20 after July 1, 1992 shall be gender balanced and after the
21 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
22 Assembly shall be racially balanced to the extent possible
23 and to the extent that appointees are qualified to serve on
24 those boards, commissions, committees, and councils. If
25 gender and racial balance is not possible, then appointments
26 shall provide for significant representation of both sexes
27 and all races to boards, commissions, committees, and
28 councils governed by this Section and the Gender and Racial
29 Balanced Appointments Act. If there are multiple appointing
30 authorities for a board, commission, committee, or council,
31 they shall each strive to achieve gender and racial balance
32 in their appointments.
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1 Appointments made in accordance with this Section should
2 be made in a manner that makes a good faith attempt to seek
3 gender and racial balance based on the numbers of each gender
4 and race belonging to the group from which appointments are
5 made.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)".
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