Full Text of SB1122 97th General Assembly
SB1122 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1122 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | |
775 ILCS 5/8-101 | from Ch. 68, par. 8-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the Human Rights Commission.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning human rights.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (775 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 8-101)
| 7 | | Sec. 8-101.
Illinois Human Rights Commission)
(A) | 8 | | Creation; Appointments. The
The Human Rights Commission is | 9 | | created to consist
of 13 members appointed by the Governor with | 10 | | the advice and consent of the
Senate. No more than 7 members | 11 | | shall be of the same political party. The
Governor shall | 12 | | designate one member as chairperson. All appointments shall
be | 13 | | in writing and filed with the Secretary of State as a public | 14 | | record. | 15 | | (B) Terms. Of the members first appointed, 4 shall be | 16 | | appointed for a
term to expire on the third Monday of January, | 17 | | 1981, and 5 (including the
Chairperson) shall be appointed for | 18 | | a term to expire on the third Monday
of January, 1983.
| 19 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | 20 | | contrary, the term
of office of each member of the Illinois | 21 | | Human Rights Commission is
abolished on July 29, 1985, but the
| 22 | | incumbent members shall continue to exercise all of the powers | 23 | | and be
subject to all of the duties of members of the |
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| 1 | | Commission until
their respective successors are appointed and | 2 | | qualified. Subject to the
provisions of subsection (A), of the | 3 | | 9 members appointed under Public Act
84-115, effective July 29, | 4 | | 1985, 5 members shall be appointed for terms to
expire on the | 5 | | third Monday of January, 1987, and 4 members shall be
appointed | 6 | | for terms to expire on the third Monday of January, 1989; and
| 7 | | of the 4 additional members appointed under Public Act 84-1084,
| 8 | | effective December 2, 1985, two shall be
appointed for a term | 9 | | to expire on the third Monday of January, 1987, and
two members | 10 | | shall be appointed for a term to expire on the third Monday
of | 11 | | January, 1989.
| 12 | | Thereafter, each member shall serve for a term of 4 years
| 13 | | and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified; | 14 | | except that any
member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring | 15 | | otherwise than by expiration of
a term shall be appointed only | 16 | | for the unexpired term of the member whom
he or she shall | 17 | | succeed and until his or her successor is appointed and
| 18 | | qualified.
| 19 | | (C) Vacancies. (1) In the case of vacancies on the | 20 | | Commission during
a recess of the Senate, the Governor shall | 21 | | make a temporary appointment
until the next meeting of the | 22 | | Senate when he or she shall appoint a person
to fill the | 23 | | vacancy. Any person so nominated and confirmed by the Senate
| 24 | | shall hold office for the remainder of the term and until his | 25 | | or her successor
is appointed and qualified.
| 26 | | (2) If the Senate is not in session at the time this Act |
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the Governor shall make temporary appointments to | 2 | | the Commission as in the
case of vacancies.
| 3 | | (3) Vacancies in the Commission shall not impair the right | 4 | | of the remaining
members to exercise all the powers of the | 5 | | Commission. Except when authorized
by this Act to proceed | 6 | | through a 3 member panel, a majority of the members
of the | 7 | | Commission then in office shall constitute a quorum.
| 8 | | (D) Compensation. The Chairperson of the Commission shall | 9 | | be compensated
at the rate of $22,500 per year, or as set by | 10 | | the Compensation Review
Board, whichever is greater, during his | 11 | | or her service as Chairperson,
and each other member shall be | 12 | | compensated at the rate of $20,000 per
year, or as set by the | 13 | | Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
In addition, | 14 | | all members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for expenses
| 15 | | actually and necessarily incurred by them
in the performance of | 16 | | their duties.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1308 .)
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