Full Text of SB3139 100th General Assembly
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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 Illinois Plain Language Task Force Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 and by | 6 | | adding Sections 30 and 35 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 4090/5)
| 8 | | Sec. 5. Purpose. The mission of the Illinois Plain Language | 9 | | Task Force is to implement, monitor, and maintain the mission | 10 | | of this Act, including developing training requirements and | 11 | | other assistance, and to conduct a study on, and to propose any | 12 | | additional legislative measures designed to realize: | 13 | | (1) the potential benefits of incorporating plain | 14 | | language in State government documents, statutes, and | 15 | | contracts into which the State enters; and | 16 | | (2) how plain language principles might be | 17 | | incorporated into the statutes governing contracts among | 18 | | private parties so as to provide additional protections to | 19 | | Illinois consumers, to reduce litigation between private | 20 | | parties over the meaning of contractual terms, and to | 21 | | foster judicial economy.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-350, eff. 8-13-09.) |
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 4090/10)
| 2 | | Sec. 10. Definition. As used in this Act: | 3 | | "Plain language" shall have the same meaning as "plain | 4 | | writing" as used in the federal Plain Writing Act of 2010, and | 5 | | subsequent guidance documents, including the Federal Plain | 6 | | Language Guidelines has the same meaning ascribed to it in the | 7 | | Executive Memorandum of the President of the United States, | 8 | | mandating that Federal Agencies and Federal Administrative | 9 | | Rules employ plain language, issued June 1, 1998, namely that | 10 | | "plain language" documents have logical organization, | 11 | | easy-to-read design features, and use: (i) common, everyday | 12 | | words, except for necessary technical terms; (ii) "you" and | 13 | | other pronouns; (iii) the active voice; and (iv) short | 14 | | sentences .
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-350, eff. 8-13-09.) | 16 | | (20 ILCS 4090/15)
| 17 | | Sec. 15. Task Force. | 18 | | (a) The Illinois Plain Language Task Force is hereby | 19 | | created. The Illinois Plain Language Task Force shall be | 20 | | chaired by the Governor or his or her designee and shall | 21 | | consist of the following members: one member appointed by the | 22 | | Illinois Attorney General; one member appointed by the Senate | 23 | | President; one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 24 | | Senate; one member appointed by the Speaker of the House; one | 25 | | member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; and 3 |
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| 1 | | members appointed by the Governor , one of whom represents the | 2 | | interests of the banking industry, one of whom represents the | 3 | | interests of the business community, and one of whom represents | 4 | | the interests of the consumers . | 5 | | (b) Members of the Task Force must be appointed no later | 6 | | than 90 days after the effective date of this Act. | 7 | | (c) If a vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be | 8 | | filled according to the guidelines of the initial appointment. | 9 | | (d) At the discretion of the chair, additional individuals | 10 | | may participate as non-voting members in the meetings of the | 11 | | Task Force. | 12 | | (e) Members of the Illinois Plain Language Task Force shall | 13 | | serve without compensation. The Office of the Governor shall | 14 | | provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-350, eff. 8-13-09.) | 16 | | (20 ILCS 4090/20)
| 17 | | Sec. 20. Duties. Once all members have been appointed, the | 18 | | Task Force shall meet not less than once each quarter following | 19 | | the effective date of this Act to carry out the duties | 20 | | prescribed in this Act. An initial report delineating the Task | 21 | | Force's findings, conclusions, and recommendations shall be | 22 | | submitted to the Illinois General Assembly no later than May | 23 | | 31, 2019, unless such initial report has already been submitted | 24 | | to the General Assembly prior to the effective date of this | 25 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. The report to the |
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| 1 | | General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of | 2 | | Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic | 3 | | form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall | 4 | | direct 9 months after the effective date of this Act . | 5 | | Thereafter, the Task Force shall make periodic recommendations | 6 | | on its own motion or at the urging of the Illinois General | 7 | | Assembly.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-350, eff. 8-13-09.) | 9 | | (20 ILCS 4090/25)
| 10 | | Sec. 25. Guidance. The Task Force shall be guided in its | 11 | | discussions on the subject of plain language by the federal | 12 | | Plain Writing Act of 2010 and subsequent guidance documents, | 13 | | including, but not limited to, the Federal Plain Language | 14 | | Guidelines the guidelines for plain language drafting | 15 | | promulgated by the President of the United States on June 1, | 16 | | 1998, which accompanied his plain language Executive | 17 | | Memorandum issued on the same day .
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-350, eff. 8-13-09.) | 19 | | (20 ILCS 4090/30 new) | 20 | | Sec. 30. Plain language State government communications. | 21 | | Recognizing the importance of plain language in communication | 22 | | with the public: | 23 | | (1) the General Assembly shall draft legislation and | 24 | | other public-facing documents using plain language when |
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| 1 | | practicable; and | 2 | | (2) the executive and judicial branches of State | 3 | | government are advised to make all efforts to draft | 4 | | executive orders, court documents, and other public facing | 5 | | documents using plain language. | 6 | | (20 ILCS 4090/35 new) | 7 | | Sec. 35. Construction. No provision of this Act shall be | 8 | | construed to create any right or benefit, substantive or | 9 | | procedural, enforceable by any administrative or judicial | 10 | | action. There shall be no judicial review of compliance or | 11 | | noncompliance with any provision of this Act.
| 12 | | Section 10. The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force Act | 13 | | is amended by changing Section 20 as follows: | 14 | | (20 ILCS 5105/20) | 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2019)
| 16 | | Sec. 20. Report. On or before December 31 July 1 , 2018, the | 17 | | Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall report its findings | 18 | | and recommendations to the General Assembly , by filing copies | 19 | | of its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General | 20 | | Assembly Organization Act, and to the Governor. The report to | 21 | | the General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House | 22 | | of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in | 23 | | electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the |
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| 1 | | Secretary shall direct.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 100-403, eff. 8-25-17.)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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