HB5368 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5368

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Military Family Interstate Compact Implementation Statute Drafting Advisory Committee Act. Creates the Committee as an interagency advisory committee to develop a comprehensive statute to implement the Model Interstate Compact on Military Families. The Lieutenant Governor is the chair of the Committee. Designates other members. Requires a report to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning military affairs.

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 Military Family Interstate Compact Implementation Statute Drafting Advisory Committee Act.

Section 5. Committee; created; mandate. The Military Family Interstate Compact Implementation Statute Drafting Advisory Committee is created as an interagency advisory committee to develop a comprehensive statute to implement the Model Interstate Compact on Military Families, a document developed by the National Military Family Association. The Lieutenant Governor is the chair of the Committee, which shall be composed of the following individuals or agency designees:

(1) The Lieutenant Governor.

(2) The Illinois State Board of Education.

(3) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

(4) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

(5) The Housing Development Authority.

(6) The Department of Veterans' Affairs.

(7) The Department of Military Affairs.

(8) The Department of Labor.

(9) Any other interested stakeholder, at the discretion of the chair.

The Committee shall meet at a time and place designated by the chair, but in no case shall the Committee meet less often than once each month, until it has fulfilled all the obligations delineated in this Act.

All meetings of the Committee are subject to the provisions of the Open Meetings Act.

All proceedings of the Committee and documents produced by the Committee are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

The Committee shall draft and submit to the General Assembly a model implementation statute and a report outlining all the issues raised by the implementation by no later than December 31, 2008 or within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, whichever is later.

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