Full Text of HB3738 99th General Assembly
HB3738 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3738 Introduced , by Rep. David Reis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 25 ILCS 130/1-5 | from Ch. 63, par. 1001-5 | 25 ILCS 150/4 | from Ch. 63, par. 107 |
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Amends the Legislative Audit Commission Act. Requires the co-chairpersons of the Commission to be involved in any search of correspondence associated with materials summoned to be brought to the Commission. Makes a technical change concerning the co-chairpersons of the Commission to be consistent with the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1984. Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Makes a technical change concerning the Commission to be consistent with the Legislative Audit Commission Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act | 5 | | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows: | 6 | | (25 ILCS 130/1-5) (from Ch. 63, par. 1001-5) | 7 | | Sec. 1-5. Composition of agencies; directors.
| 8 | | (a)
The Boards of the Joint Committee on Administrative | 9 | | Rules, the Commission on Government Forecasting and | 10 | | Accountability, the Legislative Audit Commission Committee , | 11 | | and the Legislative Research Unit shall each
consist of 12 | 12 | | members of the General Assembly, of whom 3 shall be appointed | 13 | | by
the President of the Senate, 3 shall be appointed by the | 14 | | Minority Leader of the
Senate, 3 shall be appointed by the | 15 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and 3 shall be | 16 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
| 17 | | Representatives. All appointments shall be in writing and filed | 18 | | with the
Secretary of State as a public record.
| 19 | | Members shall serve a 2-year term, and must be appointed by
| 20 | | the Joint
Committee during the month of January in each | 21 | | odd-numbered year for terms
beginning February 1. Any vacancy | 22 | | in an Agency shall be filled by appointment
for the balance of | 23 | | the term in the same manner as the original appointment. A
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| 1 | | vacancy shall exist when a member no longer holds the elected | 2 | | legislative
office held at the time of the appointment or at | 3 | | the termination of the
member's legislative service.
| 4 | | During the month of February of each odd-numbered year, the | 5 | | Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services shall select | 6 | | from the members of the Board of each Agency 2 co-chairpersons | 7 | | and such other officers as the Joint Committee deems necessary. | 8 | | The co-chairpersons of each Board shall serve for a 2-year | 9 | | term, beginning February 1 of the odd-numbered year, and the 2 | 10 | | co-chairpersons shall not be members of or identified with the | 11 | | same house or the same political party. | 12 | | Each Board shall meet twice annually or more often upon the | 13 | | call of the chair or any 9 members. A quorum of the Board shall | 14 | | consist of a majority of the appointed members. | 15 | | (b) The Board of each of the following legislative support | 16 | | agencies shall consist of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary | 17 | | of the Senate and the Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the House of | 18 | | Representatives: the Legislative Information System, the | 19 | | Legislative Printing Unit, the Legislative Reference Bureau, | 20 | | and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol. The | 21 | | co-chairpersons of the Board of the Office of the Architect of | 22 | | the Capitol shall be the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk | 23 | | of the House of Representatives, each ex officio.
| 24 | | The Chairperson of each of the other Boards shall be the | 25 | | member who is affiliated with the same caucus as the then | 26 | | serving Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Legislative |
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| 1 | | Support Services. Each Board shall meet twice annually or more | 2 | | often upon the call of the chair or any 3 members. A quorum of | 3 | | the Board shall consist of a majority of the appointed members. | 4 | | When the Board of the Office of the Architect of the | 5 | | Capitol has cast a tied vote concerning the design, | 6 | | implementation, or construction of a project within the | 7 | | legislative complex, as defined in Section 8A-15, the Architect | 8 | | of the Capitol may cast the tie-breaking vote. | 9 | | (c) (Blank).
| 10 | | (d) Members of each Agency shall serve without | 11 | | compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses incurred in | 12 | | carrying out the duties of the Agency
pursuant to rules and | 13 | | regulations adopted by the Joint Committee on
Legislative | 14 | | Support Services.
| 15 | | (e) Beginning February 1, 1985, and every 2 years | 16 | | thereafter,
the Joint
Committee shall select an Executive | 17 | | Director who shall be the chief
executive officer and staff | 18 | | director of each Agency. The Executive Director
shall receive a | 19 | | salary as fixed by the Joint Committee and shall be authorized
| 20 | | to employ and fix the compensation of necessary professional, | 21 | | technical
and secretarial staff and prescribe their duties, | 22 | | sign contracts, and issue
vouchers for the payment of | 23 | | obligations pursuant to rules and regulations
adopted by the | 24 | | Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. The
Executive | 25 | | Director and other employees of the Agency shall not be subject
| 26 | | to the Personnel Code.
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| 1 | | The executive director of the Office of the Architect of | 2 | | the Capitol shall
be known as the Architect of the Capitol.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.) | 4 | | Section 10. The Legislative Audit Commission Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 4 as follows:
| 6 | | (25 ILCS 150/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 107)
| 7 | | Sec. 4.
The co-chairpersons presiding officer of the | 8 | | Commission , as described in Section 1-5 of the Legislative | 9 | | Commission Reorganization Act of 1984, or any persons person | 10 | | designated by them
him , upon majority vote of the Commission, | 11 | | may administer oaths or
affirmations and summon and compel the | 12 | | attendance before the Commission and
examine under oath any | 13 | | person connected either directly or indirectly with
any | 14 | | transaction with State agencies or any other person having | 15 | | information
regarding the conditions, affairs, management, | 16 | | administration or methods
involved in such financial | 17 | | transactions or fiscal matters. The Commission
may similarly | 18 | | require any person having in his possession any records,
books, | 19 | | papers, contracts or other documents pertinent to such matters | 20 | | or
transactions to surrender the same or to otherwise afford | 21 | | the Commission
access thereto. The co-chairpersons shall be | 22 | | involved in any search of correspondence associated with | 23 | | materials summoned to be brought to the Commission.
| 24 | | Should any person fail to obey the summons or refuse to |
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| 1 | | surrender or
afford access, without reasonable cause, to any of | 2 | | the above mentioned
papers, records, books, contracts or other | 3 | | documents, the Commission may
apply to the Circuit Court of the | 4 | | County in which any operation of the
fiscal matter or financial | 5 | | transaction took place, and such Court, if it
finds that the | 6 | | Commission has not exceeded its authority, may, by order
duly | 7 | | entered, require the attendance of witnesses and the production | 8 | | of
relevant books and papers required by the Commission in | 9 | | carrying out the
purposes of the Act. Upon refusal or neglect | 10 | | to obey the order of the
Court, the Court may compel obedience | 11 | | of such order by proceedings for
contempt.
| 12 | | (Source: Laws 1957, p. 810.)
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